Black Venture Capital Consortium

What Black Venture Capital Consortium does

Black Venture Capital Consortium (BVCC) is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization founded in 2018-2019 that operates a structured talent-development pipeline targeting students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for careers in venture capital and technology. The organization runs six integrated programs: a 10-week virtual Career Track Curriculum Program with up to 7 career tracks (Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Product Management, UX Design & Research, and others); paid summer internships paying $14,000-$15,000 for 11 weeks at partner VC firms and tech companies; Student Consulting Projects (including Google and Ford co-creation experiences); a $7.5 million student-led venture fund investing in Seed and Series A startups with Black or LatinX founders; a 12-month BVCC Fellowship Program paying $85,000+; and the annual Black In Deep Tech Summit co-hosted with DCVC. The curriculum is delivered through a hybrid model combining live Tuesday evening virtual sessions (globally accessible) with on-campus student-leader presence at 9 HBCUs (FAMU, NC A&T, Howard, Morgan State, Grambling State, Spelman, Morehouse, Clark Atlanta, Wellesley).

BVCC's technology stack is non-proprietary; the organization describes itself as an educational nonprofit without a custom platform, relying instead on virtual session delivery, partner-hosted internships, and student-managed fund operations. There are no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, patents, APIs, or software products. The underlying "platform" is fundamentally relational — a coordination layer between HBCU students, 42 partner VC firms, 24 partner tech companies, and named financial sponsors including the Ford Foundation, Google, and Ford Motor Company.

The business model is nonprofit: BVCC does not charge students or universities, and all programs are free for participants. Revenue is sourced entirely from donations and corporate sponsorships, with flagship financial backing from the Ford Foundation ($7.5M venture fund, 2021) and in-kind/volunteer support from Google (20 volunteers in 2023) and Ford Motor Company (10 designers in 2022). Primary customer segments are (1) HBCU students seeking VC/tech careers and (2) VC firms and tech companies seeking diverse talent. Cumulative outcomes to date include 2,973 students educated, 153 internship placements, 83 full-time placements, 17 student-founded startups, and $1M deployed into 7 Black-founded companies via the BVCC Venture Fund.

Name

Black Venture Capital Consortium

Legal name

Black Venture Capital Consortium

Website

https://bvcc.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Black Venture Capital Consortium is a nonprofit that trains HBCU students for venture capital and technology careers through a free 10-week curriculum, paid internships, a $7.5M student-managed venture fund, and fellowships, serving 9 HBCU campuses in partnership with 42 VC firms and 24 tech companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education and Workforce Development

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Mentorship & Coaching (Career, Academic, Industry-Specific) (EDAMAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Portfolio, Capstone & Project-Based Program Support (EDAMAKAD), Entrepreneurship, Startup Incubation & Pitch Programs (EDAMAKAK), Research, Innovation & Fellowship Prep (Labs, Competitions, Publications) (EDAMAKAI)

Keywords

• Venture capital education
• HBCU talent pipeline
• Diversity recruiting
• Career track training
• Workforce development

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Sponsorships: BVCC is a nonprofit organization funded entirely by financial sponsors and donors. The program is free for students and participating universities, with all costs covered by BVCC and sponsors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BVCC educates, trains, and places top HBCU students into venture capital and technology careers through a 10-week Career Track Curriculum (5 tracks), paid Summer Internships ($14,000–$15,000), experiential Student Consulting Projects (Google and Ford co-creation), a $7.5M Student-Led Venture Fund, and a $85,000+ VC Fellowship Program. The full pipeline moves students from curriculum through paid internships to full-time investment roles or startup creation.

Product overview

Black Venture Capital Consortium (BVCC) is a nonprofit organization operating as a unified platform of interconnected educational programs designed to increase diversity in the venture capital and startup ecosystem. The core offering consists of six integrated programs: the Career Track Curriculum Program (10-week virtual training with 5 tracks), Summer Internships Program ($14,000 paid 11-week placements), Student Consulting Projects (hands-on industry experience with companies like Google and Ford), the Student-Led Venture Fund ($7.5M fund managed by students), BVCC Fellowship Program (12-month $85,000 fellowships at VC firms), and the Black In Deep Tech Summit (annual networking event). These programs work together to provide a complete pipeline from education through employment, with students progressing from curriculum completion to internships to fellowship positions or startup creation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Black In Deep Tech Summit: Summit initiative partnered with DCVC to highlight Deep Tech in the Black STEM community, bringing together Black STEM professionals, venture capital firms, and deep tech companies

Products and services

• Career Track Curriculum Program A 10-week virtual curriculum program with five career tracks (Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Product Management, UX Design) that educates HBCU students on career opportunities in venture capital and technology. Open access — registration automatically accepts students, and the program is free.
• Summer Internships Program Paid internship program providing $14,000–$15,000 for 11-week summer placements at venture capital firms and tech companies in roles including VC investing, Business Development/Strategy, Product Management, and UX Design.
• Student Consulting Projects Experiential learning program where top 5% of tech track students work as consultants on real-world projects with companies like Google, Ford Motor Company, and Team Mindshift through structured co-creation design experiences.
• Student-Led Venture Fund A $7.5 million student-led fund investing in Seed and Series A startup companies with at least one Black or LatinX founding team member. BVCC curriculum and internship alumni serve as part-time paid investment analysts on the fund.
• BVCC Fellowship Program A 12-month full-time paid investment fellowship placing graduates at venture capital firms with a salary of up to $85,000. Includes mentorship from senior investment professionals, quarterly networking meet-ups, and a 2-week initial training program.
• Black In Deep Tech Summit Annual summit organized by BVCC and DCVC (Deep Capital Ventures) to connect Black STEM professionals, venture capital firms, and deep tech companies. The initiative aims to build a robust startup ecosystem within the Black STEM community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,973 students educated, 153 placed in internships, 83 placed in full-time roles
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• DCVC (Deep Capital Ventures)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021BVCC and DCVC co-launched the Black In Deep Tech Summit to build a robust startup ecosystem within the Black STEM community. The summit brings together Black STEM professionals, venture capitalists, and deep tech companies.
• GooglecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGoogle volunteers coached BVCC student consultants through a 10-week co-creation design experience in 2023. 20 Googler volunteers guided 3 cross-functional teams (PM, UX, and SWE) on a common challenge.
• Ford Motor CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFord selected 16 top BVCC students for a 6-week co-creation design experience in 2022. 10 digital designers from Ford coached 4 cross-functional teams addressing a challenge the Ford team faced.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Venture For America: Venture For America is a national fellowship placing recent graduates at startups in emerging US cities. It is a broader-incumbent peer in the early-career talent-pipeline space, sharing similar fellowship-and-placement mechanics but with a wider geographic and demographic scope than BVCC.

Direct peers

• HBCUvc: HBCUvc is a nonprofit focused on growing the venture capital ecosystem by connecting HBCU students to VC careers. It overlaps almost entirely with BVCC's VC-focused programming and HBCU sourcing model, making it a near-direct peer.
• INROADS: INROADS is a long-standing nonprofit that places high-achieving underrepresented college students into paid internships and corporate roles, with a focus on STEM and business careers. Directly comparable to BVCC's internship-and-placement engine for diverse students.
• https://www.bvcc.vc/dev/color: /dev/color is a nonprofit community and career-acceleration organization for Black software engineers, providing mentorship, networking, and corporate placement. Comparable to BVCC's tech talent-pipeline and community-led GTM motion.
• Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO): SEO provides college-to-career programming, internships, and mentorship for underrepresented students at top firms in finance, consulting, and tech. Its career-pipeline model and partner-driven placement economy are directly analogous to BVCC's.
• Code2040: Code2040 is a nonprofit that creates pathways for Black and Latinx software engineers into the tech industry through fellowships and career programming. Strong peer on the tech-track side of BVCC's curriculum.
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT): MLT is a national nonprofit that prepares high-achieving underrepresented students (including Black, Latinx, and HBCU populations) for careers at leading companies and graduate programs. It is one of the closest direct comparables to BVCC's career-pipeline mission for diverse talent.
• The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management: The Consortium is a nonprofit alliance of top MBA programs and corporations working to increase diversity in business leadership. Comparable to BVCC in its mission to channel underrepresented talent into high-paying corporate and investment careers.
• Braven: Braven works with universities to prepare underrepresented college students for strong first jobs through career accelerators and employer partnerships. Directly comparable in pedagogy, employer-network model, and target student demographic.

Emerging players

• Diversity VC: Diversity VC is a nonprofit working to increase diversity in the venture capital industry through research, community, and programming. It overlaps with BVCC's VC-diversity mission but is broader in scope and not HBCU-specific.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments3 records

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