Vision
To be the best student VC to identify promising student founders for our stakeholders.
Mission 1
Empower student founders to build scalable ventures
Mission 2
Groom the next generation of VC leaders
Who are we?
Southeast Asia’s first and Singapore’s only student run venture fund that invests actual capital in student start-ups
“For Students, Managed by Students”
We are Southeast Asia’s first and Singapore’s only Student Venture Capital Fund, attracting a diverse pool of the most driven students from all tertiary institutions in Singapore.
We are industry-agnostic and back early-stage tech startups founded by students or recent graduates raising their pre-seed to seed rounds.
A collaborative entrepreneurial network
Coming from universities across Singapore (SMU, Yale-NUS, NUS, NTU, SUTD, ESSEC etc.), we are a diverse bunch of youths who are passionate about technology, the startup ecosystem, entrepreneurship & Venture Capital. With the diversity in our fields of expertise and experiences, we learn and collaborate together.
Investments
We write $SGD25k-$SGD50k cheques & invest in student-led startups (graduated <5 years) using a convertible note.
We have made investments into 10 companies (2 YC-backed) & are looking for more! Our invested start-ups have gone on to achieve follow-up fundings of over S$35 million and are continuing to grow!
Access to a wide range of opportunities to learn
Masterclasses on VCs & entrepreneurship, VC shadowing, internal industry research competitions , internship sharing & opportunities. These are all things that we do & share at PV to learn & better ourselves, while helping each other grow.
Portfolio Support
We take on projects for our portfolio companies. For example, this can come in the form of research done or fundraising support needed . This is done all by a diverse group of individuals that form the PV team.