Founder-first
We center everything on technical, high-potential builders, and the people who back them.
About Scottie Ventures
Carnegie Mellon's gateway to venture capital.
We give CMU students the skills, knowledge, and network to succeed in venture capital.
Our mission
Who we are.
CMU's undergraduate VC and entrepreneurship club, backed by the Tepper School of Business and the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. 80+ members. No finance background required.
Learn by doing
Real deal work, diligence, sourcing, and live negotiations, not just lectures.
Network that compounds
We recruit for personability as much as ability, and the network shows it.
Our program
What we do.
Six pillars, from the classroom to real deal work.
Fall
A weekly curriculum, open to every analyst
Weekly sessions each fall on the fundamentals of venture capital, open to every analyst and capped by a mock pitch and live term-sheet negotiation.
- Open to all analysts each fall
- Weekly lectures, homework & guest speakers
- Mock startup pitch + negotiation simulation
