Congratulations to all 21 Fusion Fellows who graduated from our 2024 Venture Fellowship Program! Kudos to my partner David Gerster who led this amazing program!
This was our third year offering the program, and we were fortunate to receive more than 400 applications. We could not be prouder of this talented cohort, a highly diverse group with a broad range of technical, scientific, and quantitative backgrounds.
We designed this program to demystify the opaque world of venture capital, distilling the key concepts into a rigorous twelve-week course. We covered deal sourcing and due diligence; how venture capital compares to other “alternative” investments; the mechanics of preferred stock and convertible notes; term sheet negotiation; and the nuances of how founders and investors think about dilution in the context of a financing.
In the words of one fellow, “The Fusion Venture Fellowship is a cheat code for VC.”
We also designed this program to function as an apprenticeship, with hands-on exercises in deal sourcing and screening. This proved to be one of the most popular features of the program, providing an opportunity for future investors to learn by doing.
After all of the hard work (and fun times!), please join us in congratulating our 2024 Fusion Fellows: Asmi Chakraborty, PhD, Boxuan Zhong, Jeffrey Chen, MD, DA ZHANG, Danni (Danqing) Z., Yiran Jia, Jason Lin, Jay Patel, Jin X., Jingkun Zhang, Justin Lee, Lu Han, Makenna Pennel, Meng Tang, Rachel Li, Tristan Y., Varuna Chander, PhD, Verona Teo, Wenming Zhang, Ph.D., Bob Zhang, and Yiwen Yuan.