ABOUT VCx
The film Something Venture documented the emergence of Silicon Valley venture capitalism. In the mid-20th century, when both terms hadn't even been coined. Today, as entrepreneurship and innovation have become the engine for economic
growth, the world of capital investments needs to address a
major bottleneck: the lack of VC know-how. Founded in July 2014, VCx is bridging the new generations of entrepreneurial families with the best VCs in Silicon Valley...including some of its founding fathers.
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VCx sessions
Twice a year, we select 15 members of prominent entrepreneurial families from around the world, and invite them to spend four days with the best VCs in Silicon Valley, learning how they evaluate early-stage investments, and looking into today's innovative startups.
Sessions are invite-only. You may show your interest in an invitation here.
Know-how
- Learn the fundamentals of the asset class and get a pulse of the market from top active VCs.
- We choose our speaker lineup so the domain expertise is balanced across pioneers of the industry, those at the top of their game, and the rising stars.
- Additional resources and literature are made available for further reading. As well as access to the lectures from all previous sessions.
Dealflow
- As know-how is often difficult to transfer just by taking notes, participants have to intensively look at deal flow.
- Selected startups will pitch participants while being coached by a VC on the kinds of questions to ask.
- To understand how multiple rounds of financing work, we do a case study on a venture-backed company on track to IPO.
Networking
- Expect quality networking time with the speakers and your peer participants.
- Private tours, group lunches and dinners, while staying at the same hotel, helps develop camaraderie.
- Upon graduating you become part of a vibrant investor network of global entrepreneurial families and Silicon Valley VCs.
- VCx Unplugged, our annual reunion, helps catalyze these relationships.
VCx unplugged
Once a year, we organize an alumni reunion for all the past participants and speakers. Including their significant others. This weekend get-a-ways are informal ways to keep the network alive. VCx unplugged is usually hosted in destinations around the world.