645 Ventures Investment Team Fellowship

The 645 Ventures fellowship is a semester-long, paid venture capital fellow role for a current Cornell Tech Masters or PhD student. The fellow acts as an on-the-ground scout and campus connector, sourcing and evaluating technical startup opportunities from Cornell Tech faculty, PhD researchers, students, alumni, labs, accelerators, and entrepreneurial communities.

645 Ventures is an early-stage venture firm investing at Seed and Series A. Its homepage names investment areas including Enterprise, Deep Tech, AI Infra / Dev Tools, Fintech, Consumer, Cybersecurity, and Health Tech.

Applicants should demonstrate strong analytical skills and a keen interest in early-stage technology investing. Commitment to the part-time engagement during the academic year is essential.

Eligibility and preferred profile: Current Masters or PhD candidate at Cornell Tech with a strong technical background in fields such as computer science, AI/ML, cybersecurity, computational biology, systems engineering, or other deep tech fields.

The application process is job-board based. The posting includes an 'Apply now' button pointing to Airtable. No public application deadline, interview process, required materials, cohort size, selection timeline, or decision notification date is disclosed.

Fellows get hands-on investment-team exposure. Responsibilities include sourcing opportunities in the SF early-stage startup ecosystem, executing events, managing networks, building engagement strategies, performing due diligence, preparing investment-committee materials, sitting in on investment committee meetings, and completing research projects tied to 645's thesis-driven strategy.

The fellowship is semester-long for Fall 2026, starts in September 2026, and may extend into a second semester, full-time internship, or full-time job.

Expected outputs include campus ecosystem mapping, engagement with entrepreneurial faculty and PhD students, lists of active startup ideas and companies, 3-5 seed-stage company leads every two weeks outside campus, diligence packages, and investment committee participation.