NDVC
2025 SPRING KICKOFF
MEETING AGENDA
LEADERSHIP
INTRODUCTIONS
LEADERSHIP
NOAH HOPKINS
Finance, 2026
Dunlap, IL
WILL SULLIVAN
Computer Science, 2026
New York, NY
JUSTIN HUR
Global Affairs, 2026
Atlanta, GA
VINCE SMITH
Finance, 2027
Fresno, CA
SPRING 2025 NDVC PRESIDENTS
Noah → London
Will → Dublin
WHAT IS VENTURE CAPITAL?
OVERVIEW
Venture Capital firms invest money into early-stage, high growth companies.
VC RETURN PROFILES
<1x
1-3x
3-5x
5-10x
10-20x
>20x
48%
27%
9%
8%
4%
3%
% OF FINANCING
REALIZED RETURNS
Almost Half Of Venture Capital
Investments Don’t Return Money
SOURCE: @SSANKAR ON TWITTER, ADAPTED BY NDVC
VC RETURN TARGET:
10-15x over 5-7 years (series A investor)
AVG. S&P 500 RETURN:
10.6%
AVG. VC ANNUAL IRR:
22% (16% PE Funds)
THE VC CAREER PATHS
Startup Operator
Entry Level
5-7 YEARS
Exit Startup
Director Role
VC
Principal
VARIES
Investment Banking
Analyst
2-3 YEARS
Private Equity
Associate
2-5 YEARS
Engineer or Sciences
10-15 YEARS
Industry Expert
VARIES
Startup Founder
VC
Associate/VP
VC
Subject Matter Expert
ND Student
2-4 YEARS
VC
Analyst
VARIES
MISCONCEPTIONS
“VC is impossible to break into”
→ over 100 active alum VC investors (that we know of)
“IB → PE → VC is the only way”
→ VC’s love founders and outside-the-box thinkers
“I don’t know anything about VC”
→ You can learn an industry inside and out, VC skills can be taught
“Anything I do now is a waste of time”
→ You will own your work and network in VC and carry it anywhere you go
ABOUT NDVC
xINVESTMENTx xCLUBxPROPAGANDAx
SOURCE: NOTRE DAME INVESTMENT CLUB
#TheBig4ofMendoza
Student International Business Counsel (SIBC)
Notre Dame
Investment Club (NDIC)
Wall Street Club
(WSC)
Notre Dame
Venture Capital
(NDVC)
Member Involvement
Recruiting Guidance
Job Opportunities
N/A
(potencial through
project team firm relationships)
N/A
(some mentorship)
Yes via mailing list
Yes via mailing list
Yes via mailing list
(with upperclassmen)
THREE BRANCHES OF NDVC
PROJECT
TEAMS
NDVC project teams partner
with leading Venture Capital firms sourcing investments, constructing industry theses,
and analyzing portfolio companies
NDVC
THE FUND
NDVC sources, performs due diligence on, and invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups, building a portfolio
that generates high returns
CAMPUS
CLUB
The club provides educational, networking, and other career advancing opportunities for students who want to learn
more about Venture Capital
and building startups
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
GENERAL CLUB MEMBERS
PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS (ANALYSTS)
ND STARTUP FOUNDERS
PROJECT TEAM LEADERS
(GENERAL PARTNERS)
ALUMNI
ADVISORY BOARD
HONORARY INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS *
CLUB PRESIDENTS�(MANAGING DIRECTORS)
(1) CAMPUS CLUB
(2) PROJECT TEAMS
(3) NDVC FUND
INVESTMENT TEAM/COMMITTEE
* Appointed positions (can’t apply). Includes current ND students (former club presidents and ND’s top founders)
MEMBER TRAJECTORY
CLUB PRESIDENT
+ MANAGING DIRECTOR, NDVC FUND
PROJECT TEAM LEADER
+ GENERAL PARTNER, NDVC FUND
PROJECT TEAM MEMBER
(ANALYST)
GENERAL CLUB MEMBER
(ATTEND WEEKLY MEETINGS)
70%
15%
20%
Approx. % Of Student Who Will Apply & Continue To Subsequent Level
(based off past 4-years and 2024-2025 open positions)
(NEW) OPERATOR OPPORTUNITY
(JOB BOARD COMING SOON)
??%
New Opportunity:
% Unavailable
FUND UPDATES
NDVC FUND UPDATES
HELLO
VINLY
NDVC’S LARGEST INVESTMENT TO DATE
AND FIRST “AI INVESTMENT”
Vinly.co NDVC INVESTED IN DEC 2024
PROJECT TEAMS
PROJECT TEAM EXAMPLE
GROWTH EQUITY — INVESTOR DECK ON VUORI’S $5.5BN VALUATION
FEATURED 2024 PARTNERS
GROWTH
GROWTH
* Subject to change
NotreDame.vc/attendance | Code: SPRING
APPLICATION PROCESS
* Details for how to submit various parts of the application are coming soon
DECISIONS RELEASED
BY FEBRUARY 10TH
3
PROJECTS RELEASED
BY JANUARY 29TH
APPLICATIONS DEADLINE
BY FEBRUARY 5TH
1
2
OPPORTUNITIES
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
REACH OUT & ASK QUESTIONS
THANKS
FOR COMING
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