HireVC

Start by choosing the right track

HireVC runs more than one programme, and they are built for different people. Match yourself to the track before you apply:

• Experienced professionals and entrepreneurs moving into VC: the VC Fellowship, its main programme.
• Early-career professionals, final-year students and recent graduates: the VC Analyst Program.
• People with a strong technical or scientific background who want to invest in deep tech: the Deep Tech Track, run under the Fellowship.
• Professionals wanting to enter the space-tech sector: the SpaceTech Fellowship, which is currently at waitlist stage rather than open for applications.

How applications work

Applications are made on the programme's own page: an application or request-access form for the open tracks, and a waitlist form for SpaceTech. After you apply, a selection committee reviews applications and contacts successful applicants by email with the next steps for enrolment.

How selection works

HireVC describes a selective, committee-reviewed process. The programmes expect a clear reason for wanting to work in venture capital, and the analyst and deep-tech tracks look for demonstrable analytical ability; the Deep Tech Track in particular is aimed at applicants who already have a technical or scientific foundation.

What reviewers look for

• A genuine intent to work in or alongside venture capital.
• Evidence that matches the track: professional experience for the Fellowship, raw analytical talent for the Analyst Program, and a technical or scientific background for the Deep Tech Track.

HireVC is a paid, online, cohort-based venture capital training provider. It runs fellowships and analyst tracks that teach the fundamentals of venture investing through live sessions, mentorship from practising investors and a peer network, aimed at people who want to work in or alongside the VC ecosystem. It is an education and training programme rather than a startup incubator, accelerator or funder: it does not take equity in companies, provide startup funding or offer incubation space. HireVC's live site identifies its canonical domain as www.hirevc.com, and the programmes are reported to be run in affiliation with Metvy, though the formal corporate relationship is not stated on the site.

What they support

HireVC trains individuals, not companies. Its programmes are built for different kinds of applicant: experienced corporate professionals and entrepreneurs moving into venture capital, early-career professionals and students starting out as analysts, technically grounded people who want to invest in deep tech, and professionals looking to enter the space-tech sector. Across its programmes the common thread is building the analytical, research and judgement skills of a venture investor, and connecting participants to a community of fellows and angel investors.

Programmes

HireVC runs several cohort-based tracks. The VC Fellowship is its main programme, an online course that teaches VC fundamentals through live sessions, mentorship and networking, with intakes advertised by cohort. The VC Analyst Program is a shorter two-month track for early-career professionals and students building core analyst competencies. The Deep Tech Track, run under the Fellowship, trains investors to build conviction in deep-tech areas such as AI, robotics, semiconductors, biotech, climate and space. A SpaceTech Fellowship is at waitlist stage, with intake not yet open.

Track record

HireVC publishes several figures about its community and outcomes, including a share of fellows who are women and counts of participating fellows, active angel investors and alumni across countries. These are the provider's own self-reported numbers, and its pages do not always agree with one another: different pages give different counts for how many fellows have taken part and for the share of job-seeking fellows who received calls from funds. For that reason the counts are best read as orders of magnitude rather than settled totals.

How to apply

Each programme has its own application route on the HireVC site. The VC Fellowship is entered through an online application form, after which a selection committee reviews applications and successful applicants are contacted by email. The VC Analyst Program and the Deep Tech Track follow the same shape, through a request-access step on their pages. The provider describes a highly selective admission process. The SpaceTech Fellowship is not open for applications; its page offers only a waitlist to hear about a future intake.