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Prospect Student Ventures
Princeton Student Ventures (PSV) is a student-run organization at Princeton University that supports student founders by providing non-dilutive grants and facilitating connections to resources and expertise.
Overview
What Prospect Student Ventures does
What Prospect Student Ventures is
Princeton Student Ventures (PSV) is a student-run organization at Princeton University that supports student founders by providing non-dilutive grants and facilitating connections to resources and expertise.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports grantor and community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Grantor · Community
- Last reviewed
- March 6, 2026
Official channels
Find Prospect Student Ventures elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Prospect Student Ventures as a grantor
Grant thesis
Princeton Student Ventures (PSV) is dedicated to empowering Princeton student founders by providing non-dilutive grants and facilitating connections with capital, resources, and expertise necessary for growth.
Focus narrative
PSV invests in student-led startups at Princeton University by offering grants. The organization aims to support early-stage ventures and foster entrepreneurship within the university community.
Value and support
PSV provides non-dilutive grants and connects student founders with essential resources and expertise for their growth.
Grant economics
- Dilutive
- No
- Nonprofit only
- Yes
Eligibility and fit
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Audience
- Students
- Regions
- United States
Capability profile
Prospect Student Ventures as a community
Community overview
Princeton Student Ventures (PSV) is a student-run organization based at Princeton University. It is dedicated to empowering Princeton student founders by providing non-dilutive grants and facilitating connections with capital, resources, and expertise necessary for growth. PSV invests in student-led startups at Princeton University by offering grants, aiming to support early-stage ventures and foster entrepreneurship within the university community.
Community focus
PSV focuses on investing in student-led startups at Princeton University by offering grants. The organization aims to support early-stage ventures and foster entrepreneurship within the university community.
Member value
Members benefit from access to non-dilutive grants, connections with capital, and resources necessary for startup growth.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Students
- Benefits
- network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Notable members
Notable donors include Fabrice Grinda, Jose Marin, Craig Arnold, Pete Briger, Patrick Wendell, Schuster Tanger, Sarah Du, Tripp Jones, Kay Ousterhout, Matt Cooper, Carl Hessler, and Brooks Hosfield.
Common questions
What to know about Prospect Student Ventures
Upseed classifies Prospect Student Ventures under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes grantor and community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 6, 2026
Known limits
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