Future VC announces 2024 programmes
Future VC announces 2024 programmes including the launch of a year-long programme where participants will be placed in two 6-month back-to-back internships
Future VC 2023: An industry redefining 6 month programme
Future VC was established in 2018. It was a first-of-its-kind internship and development programme that has, over the past 4 years, made tremendous progress supporting over 50 people to work in Venture Capital around the world. In partnership with Diversity VC, we...
Future VC launches its 2022 cohort, as it continues its mission to improve the diversity of the VC industry
Future VC, which runs internship and development programmes, today announces that applications are open for all of its global cohorts in 2022. Future VC was established to support talented individuals from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in venture...
What I learnt from Future VC: Pandemic Edition
This past summer I was selected to be part of the Future VC programme and what a journey it was. Future VC was born from the fact that most people who have managed to break into the venture capital industry have very similar profiles. Diversity VC research shows that...
Failing forward: How and why it took me three years to ‘break’ into venture capital
After over three years of applications, 30+ interview processes, two internships and moving country three times, I finally landed a full-time role at a venture capital fund. Over the past three years, there were several times when I considered giving up as the process...
Why we set up an internship programme to fix VC’s diversity problem
Name any well-known tech brand, Spotify, Dropbox, UIPath, … chances are it started with funding from venture capitalists – investors that take on high risks to put money behind new ideas. Yet, whilst VC might be a dynamic investment industry, the space is still...
Pivoting the Future VC Intern Programme – Why we did it and what we learnt
Future VC was first launched in June 2019: a programme that placed 20 extremely talented individuals from underrepresented backgrounds into 5-week paid internships at some of the UK’s top funds. We supplemented what they learnt on the job with masterclasses led by a...