UpRound Ventures

UpRound is a venture capital firm run by a student organization that helps startups with their target market and establish their brand. As a highly-focused impact-driven organization, UpRound is split into three operating pods: Deal Flow, Fund, and Accelerator. Pods enable every member to develop actual skills and work with actual startups and VC firms to solve real world problems. Members are able to rotate pods between semesters, granting exposure to all areas of venture capital and startups. We invest out of our evergreen venture fund to startups we find could use some "barrier busting" capital in the early stage of their venture. Teams conduct extensive due diligence with startups, gathering information on the product, target market, revenue model, cost of acquisition, scalability and various other factors. Teams then speak to the founders and evaluate the startup holistically. Finally, teams create an investment memo for a startup they have conviction for.