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BLCK VC vs Kauffman Fellows
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Verificado September 2026
Organização de networking
Verificado September 2026 BLCK VC
Black venture capital investors, plus Black operators and recent graduates seeking to move into investing roles
Rede de liderança
Kauffman Fellows
Working venture capital investors (typically partner-level GPs, emerging fund founders, LPs and corporate venture investors) who already deploy capital
O que os registos indicam
- Role or title: BLCK VC: No published role or title; Kauffman Fellows: Working venture investor: direct VC investor, emerging or established GP, LP, corporate VC or ecosystem contributor.
- Annual dues: BLCK VC: Not publicly disclosed: no membership dues are published; BLCK VC is funded by corporate sponsors and donations; Kauffman Fellows: Not publicly disclosed: the organization does not publish alumni society dues, if any.
Lado a lado
| BLCK VC | Kauffman Fellows | |
|---|---|---|
| Perfil | ||
| Tipo | Networking organization | Leadership network |
| Fundado | 2018 (Founded in 2018 by Sydney Sykes, then at New Enterprise Associates, and Frederik Groce, then at Storm Ventures; both now serve as board co-chairs) | 1995 (Started inside the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in 1995; spun out as an independent organization in 2000 and run by the Center for Venture Education) |
| Sede | San Francisco, United States | Palo Alto, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Eight chapters across North America: Atlanta, Boston, the DMV (Washington DC area), Los Angeles, the Midwest, New York City, San Francisco and Toronto | Fellows in 62 countries across six continents; in-person modules and treks rotate between global locations |
| Membros | Not publicly disclosed: BLCK VC does not publish a community or member count on its public pages | 1,060as of September 2026 |
| Capítulos | 8 | 11 |
| Primary audience | Black venture capital investors, plus Black operators and recent graduates seeking to move into investing roles | Working venture capital investors (typically partner-level GPs, emerging fund founders, LPs and corporate venture investors) who already deploy capital |
| Membro típico | Members are Black investors working in venture capital, alongside participants in the organisation's pipeline programmes: operators training to become angel, scout or venture investors, and candidates preparing for entry-level analyst, associate and senior associate roles. | Recent classes are roughly 86% direct VC investors, 72% partner-level or above and 43% founders. Across the whole society, about 55–60% of Fellows are firm founders, roughly 80% are partner-level or above, and about one in three is female. |
| Qualification | ||
| Função ou cargo | No published role or title | Working venture investor: direct VC investor, emerging or established GP, LP, corporate VC or ecosystem contributorPartner-level or above is preferred but not stated as mandatory; 72% of a recent class were partner-level or higherverified September 2026 · fonte ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | Not documented | Not documented |
| Application process | Applicants complete an online form linked from the Get Involved page and, once accepted, join the community's Slack portal. The three programmes (Black Venture Institute, Breaking into Venture and the Scout Network) have separate intakes. No sponsorship, interview or committee review is described publicly. | Applications run on an annual class cycle. Step one is an online form that the organization estimates takes about an hour, submitted with an application fee. Step two is a set of video interviews with current Fellows. Step three is selection by an admissions committee. For the Class 31 cycle, interviews began in mid-February 2026 and acceptances went out in early April 2026. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed: no eligibility criteria or acceptance data are published | Not publicly disclosed: Kauffman Fellows publishes detailed class composition data but no acceptance rate or applicant volume |
| Custo | ||
| Anuidade | Not publicly disclosed: no membership dues are published; BLCK VC is funded by corporate sponsors and donationsverified September 2026 · fonte ↗ | Not publicly disclosed: the organization does not publish alumni society dues, if anyverified September 2026 |
| Taxa do programa | Not publicly disclosed: no fees are published for the Black Venture Institute, Breaking into Venture or the Scout Networkverified September 2026 | $80,000 one-timeTuition for the full two-year programme, due before Module 1. Covers venues, meals, materials and mentoring; excludes transportation and lodging. Non-refundable and non-transferable. Limited needs-based scholarships are available.verified September 2026 · fonte ↗ |
| Membership term | Not documented | Two-year programme followed by lifelong membership of the Kauffman Fellows society |
| Estrutura | ||
| Meeting frequency | Chapter events run by volunteer leads in eight cities and regions, plus programme cohorts and community activity on Slack | Five four-day in-person modules, one Global Summit and two Global Treks over two years, plus roughly 24 virtual forum meetings; Special Interest Groups meet monthly for alumni |
| Peer forums | Slack-based member portal plus city and regional chapters; cohort-based programmes run separately | Class members meet in virtual Forum groups roughly twice a month during the programme; alumni join topic-based Special Interest Groups and regional chapters |
| Confidentiality | Could not be independently verified: no published confidentiality policy was found | Could not be independently verified: no published confidentiality policy was found |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Approximately 20–25 days over the two-year programme, per the application details page |
| Organized as | Chapter-based, Virtual, Cohort-based, Event-focused | Cohort-based, Event-focused, Virtual |
| Fóruns confidenciais entre pares | Partial | Yes |
| Capítulos locais | Yes | Yes |
| Associação virtual | Yes | No |
| Comunidade online | Yes | Yes |
| Diretório de membros | Not documented | Yes |
| Eventos | Yes | Yes |
| Programação | ||
| Programação educativa | Yes | Yes |
| Desenvolvimento de liderança | Yes | Yes |
| Retiros | No | Yes |
| Viagem | No | Yes |
| Programação familiar | No | Not documented |
| Programação para cônjuges e parceiros | No | Not documented |
| Programação para a próxima geração | Yes | No |
| Discussões de investimento | Yes | Yes |
| Oportunidades de investimento | Partial | Partial |
| Componente filantrópico | No | Not documented |
| Ênfase em networking | High | High |
| Ênfase social | Medium | Medium |
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