Join the Newton Fellowship Program in October 2024 

Apply by Wednesday 3 July 2024 at 17:00 UK time

The Newton Fellowship Program helps you accelerate your venture capital career. If you have a few years of venture capital or closely-aligned experience under your belt and are looking to get to the next level in your career, this program is for you.

Join us to build on your technical knowledge, elevate learning beyond concepts, and have access to diversity of thought and experience via your peers, faculty, and practitioners.

Key information

• Applications are open between Wednesday 29 May and Wednesday 3 July 2024

• Virtual Q+A session on Monday 17 June at 13:00 UK time

• Applicants will find out if they’re being put through for interviews the week commencing Monday 8 July 2024.

• Interviews will be held between Monday 22 July and Friday 26 July 2024.

• Successful applicants will be informed by Monday 29 July 2024.

• Scholarship applications are separate from this application and must also be completed by Wednesday 3 July at 17:00 UK time

The opportunity

• Delivered in-person at London Business School and partner locations

• Interactive teaching approach combining academic insight and practical application.

• 3 modules each lasting 3 days, delivered over 6 months. Additional online sessions between modules.

• Real case studies to dive into, and applied learning exercises.

• Access to the Newton Network of 500+ Alumni across our different programs.

What you will learn

• Venture Ecosystems: Understand the critical role ecosystems play in the venture world.

• Power of Networks: Understand the crucial role of networks in venture, and how to leverage them.

• Deal sourcing & evaluation: Refine your techniques and approaches of sourcing top founders and ventures.

• Valuations: Take your skill of valuing companies to the next level.

• Negotiations & influence: Learn how to balance investor and founder needs through appropriate behavioural strategies.

• Legals: Sharpen your understanding of the most hotly debated terms and their implications across the ecosystem.

• Supporting founders: Understand how to go beyond being founder friendly and truly add value.

• Portfolio Construction: Acquire the tactics for allocating capital that maximise value creation.

• Fund Performance: Learn how to both measure and maximise fund performance.

• Fund Due Diligence: Explore the LP mindset and how LPs evaluate venture funds.

• Raising a Fund: Understand what it takes to raise a venture fund.

• Making Venture Better: Uncover how to make venture capital a more inclusive industry for all.

The Newton Fellowship combines two critical aspects of growing as a leader in the venture ecosystem:

(a) Building technical knowledge of venture capital by delving into the above curriculum designed for emerging leaders.

(b) Developing your personal leadership through taking part in small group coaching and creating your personalised Fellow’s Vision. Your Fellow’s Vision captures how you want to shape the venture ecosystem. It will be your capstone deliverable for the Newton Fellowship.

Your role

The Newton Fellowship Program attracts professionals from around the world, with close to 20 nationalities represented in previous cohorts. It's ideal for senior associates and principals, junior partners, new general partners, experienced entrepreneurs and operators with significant exposure to venture capital, and deep subject matter experts such as tech transfer officers.

Whilst we want each cohort to represent the richness of the venture ecosystem, our Fellowship Program is designed for those with a fundamental understanding of venture capital.

As a Newton Fellow, you are expected to:

• Prioritise the time and energy needed to fully immerse yourself in the three modules and additional virtual sessions spread over six months.

• Participate with commitment in both solo and group activities, and be a contributor in interactive sessions.

• Complete inter-modular activities and exercises, which are critical for both your learning and that of your peers.

• Go on to become an engaged member of the global Newton Alumni community.

Key attributes we are looking for

• Motivation

• Mission focus

• Contribution

• Application

• Critical thinking

• Creativity

We’re looking for applicants with an interest and motivation to make a long-term contribution to the venture capital ecosystem. We’re particularly keen to hear from you if you are an applicant from an overlooked and underestimated background. 

Please note: The Fellowship program is aimed at those with minimum 3 years of experience as an investor working at an investment firm or technology transfer office OR minimum 5 years of experience working in the startup ecosystem, as a founder or operator, with significant exposure to venture capital. 

If you haven’t yet reached this experience level, our Fundamentals Program may be a better fit for you. Please email us if you’re unsure about which program is best suited to you: applications@newtonprogram.vc

Key details

• Module 1 dates: Wednesday 16 October to Friday 18 October 2024

• Module 2 dates: Wednesday 22 January to Friday 24 January 2025

• Module 3 dates: Wednesday 2 April to Friday 4 April 2025 (Dates and locations are subject to change)

• Interviews will be held between Monday 22 July and Friday 26 July 2024

• Successful applicants will be informed by Monday 29 July 2024.

• Program cost is £9,950 + VAT. 

• On successful application to the program, payment for the Fellowship must be paid by Monday 4 September 2024 to secure your place.

• If successful, there will be a cohort welcome session on Friday 20 September 2024 at 13:00 UK time. This will be a virtual one hour session. There will also be an additional virtual two-hour session on Networking 101 on Friday 27 September at 13:00 UK time. Please add the above program dates and any future dates we announce to your calendar to make sure you are available.

• We will also host inter-modular events throughout the 6 month program. These are generally 1-2 hour virtual sessions to enhance your learning beyond the modules. Dates and times to be confirmed.

• In the lead up to each module, there will be 8-10 hours of mandatory pre-work (reading or exercises) to support the content and delivery of the in-person modules.

• We use the Applied platform to liaise with applicants. Please ensure you have whitelisted Applied so that emails from the platform don't go to your spam. Unfortunately, we can’t promise that we'd be able to offer you a spot if you missed the deadline because of this.

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Scholarships & Employer Sponsorship

• To reduce barriers to entry, we offer a limited number of scholarships starting from 25% of the program fee, depending on need. To apply for a scholarship, please use this link. 

• Scholarship applications are separate from the program application and do not affect your eligibility. We run a blind application process separate from the scholarship process: neither process will impact the other.

• Scholarship applications must be completed by Wednesday 3 July at 17:00 UK time.

• Many employers see the benefit of a program such as Newton Fellowship. See information here about how to approach getting sponsored to learn with us.

• For further information on Financial support, visit this page.

What is Newton Venture Program?

Newton Venture Program helps you make sense of the venture capital world with a mission to level the playing field for people from typically overlooked and underestimated backgrounds - ensuring that the next generation of investors represents the world we live in.

Newton is a joint venture between London Business School and Phoenix Court, with founding partner HSBC Innovation Banking. We combine the best of executive education with insights from top-decile practitioners across the global venture ecosystem.

Our robust training programs ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive in venture capital, creating a more accessible and diverse ecosystem.