San Francisco Winter Quarter | Kellogg School of Management

Immerse Yourself in America's Innovation Capital

The San Francisco Immersion Program offers a unique opportunity to intern for VC firms or VC portfolio companies, build a network in the Bay Area and take Kellogg courses all at the same time!

This unique opportunity is ideal for students who have a strong professional interest in entrepreneurship, technology or venture capital; ambitions to work in a growth-stage entrepreneurial or venture capital firm; and the desire to serve as a proud Kellogg ambassador.

Courses

The San Francisco Winter Program is an accredited curricular experience. Students selected for the program will take exactly 3.5 credits of course work.

Required courses (3.5 credits)

ENTR 980-0: Bay Area Internship and Networking Lab (two credits)
- Internship with a VC firm (prerequisite: FINC 445) or
- Internship with a VC portfolio company
ENTR 470-0: Launching and Scaling Startups* (one credit)
One of the following finance courses (half credit):
- FINC 980-5: Venture Investing, or
- FINC 982-5: Advanced Topics in Venture Investing (prerequisite: FINC 445)

*Students who have completed ENTR 470 prior to the San Francisco quarter will have the option of enrolling in one remote Evanston class or a class offered by the Law School in San Francisco. All students in the program must take exactly 3.5 credits and will not be able to enroll in more or less credits.

Internship

Students will request interviews with host firms based on a provided list of firms that are interested in working with students through the San Francisco Immersion program. Students will prioritize up to six host firms during July. Only prioritized firms will receive student resumes.

Approximately fifteen VC firms in the Bay area will be hosts for students interested in interning at an VC investing firm
Approximately fifteen VC portfolio companies in the Bay area will be hosts for students interested in interning for a startup in an operating role

Host firms will interview students who prioritize their firm

Interviews will be conducted during July and early August for round 1 applicants and during October and early November for round 2 applicants
Students may select their preferred host firm if multiple offers are received
If a student fails to match, based on coordination with the program director, student may be allowed to source their own firm

Eligibility

Please be aware that there are strict prerequisites for admission into the program.

Students in the 2Y, 1Y, MMM, Evening & Weekend Program, and JD/MBA (2nd year) who have completed all core classes before winter quarter are eligible
You must have completed FINC 431: Finance II or FINC 440: Accelerated Corporate Finance or enrolled in either class by spring quarter (2Y/MMM full-time students) or summer quarter (1Y & EWMBA students)
For consideration for an internship with a VC firm, you must also have completed FINC 445: Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital by fall quarter
You cannot be committed to a Global Exchange in the same winter quarter
Minimum 3.0 average GPA
750 bid points will be charged if admitted to the program (500 bid points for students who have previously taken ENTR 470)

Questions? Please contact pe-vclab@kellogg.northwestern.edu.