AmplifyHer Ventures Investor Fellows Program

AmplifyHer Ventures Investor Fellows Program was a campus-and-region-based investor fellowship for entrepreneurial MBA and graduate students to support AmplifyHer's deal sourcing while gaining venture exposure. The original official 2019 page invited MBA candidates from across the country to join the AmplifyHer Ventures team while pursuing their degrees, source 2-3 companies per month, and present those companies as investment opportunities to AmplifyHer partners. By 2021, AmplifyHer's homepage described an Investor Fellows Class of 2021 made up of graduate students who actively sourced investment opportunities in their campus and regional networks. A 2022 VC Jobs / John Gannon repost described a remote VC fellowship where fellows would represent AmplifyHer on their campuses, convene virtually with an AmplifyHer partner monthly, and source/present one investment opportunity every two months.

The program used MBA and graduate-student campus networks to surface early-stage investment opportunities for AmplifyHer while training fellows through sourcing, partner feedback, VC community exposure, and emerging-manager operating context. AmplifyHer's broader investment thesis is to back diverse leadership teams with the ability to create flywheel growth in new markets.

Applicants should demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset and a strong interest in women-led early-stage businesses.

The 2019 official program encouraged all MBA candidates to apply, and the 2022 listing targeted students currently pursuing an academic degree, with graduate students preferred, through the end of 2022. AmplifyHer invests in women-led/diverse leadership teams, but the 2022 listing explicitly said all genders were encouraged to apply. The program's sourcing geography was campus and regional rather than a single city.

The current official homepage does not show an open application call; it only identifies the 2021 class. Because no active application page or current deadline was found, the program should not be treated as presently accepting applications even if legacy forms still exist.

Fellows received first-hand exposure to AmplifyHer's venture investment process, partner-level feedback, exposure to the VC community through representing AmplifyHer at industry events, recognition as a university or regional ecosystem representative, and an inside look at an emerging VC firm's operations.

The official 2019 cycle ran from April 1 to December 15, 2019, with applications due March 8, 2019. The 2022 listing described a March-December 2022 remote program that met monthly, skipping one month during summer internships.

Public sources reviewed did not provide systematic post-program outcomes, conversion rates into VC jobs, or investment outcomes attributable to the fellows program.