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Venture Cooperative
Venture Cooperative is a community-based organization in the United States that aims to make venture capital more accessible to early-stage investors. It provides educational resources and opportunities for collaboration among its members.
Overview
What Venture Cooperative does
What Venture Cooperative is
Venture Cooperative is a community-based organization in the United States that aims to make venture capital more accessible to early-stage investors. It provides educational resources and opportunities for collaboration among its members.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports 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
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2015
- Approximate age
- About 11 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 5, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Venture Cooperative as a community
Community overview
Venture Cooperative is an organization focused on making venture capital more accessible. Founded in 2015 and based in the United States, it aims to cultivate a community of early-stage investors and provide educational resources to facilitate participation in venture capital. The organization emphasizes inclusivity and aims to remove barriers to entry in the venture capital industry.
Community focus
Venture Cooperative invests in early-stage companies and provides educational resources for aspiring investors. It offers opportunities for individuals to participate in investment processes, collaborate on due diligence, and gain insights from industry leaders.
Member value
Members gain access to a community of over 1,500 fellows, participate in investment meetings, and have opportunities to start their own venture studios, startup communities, and angel syndicates.
Membership
- Recorded members
- 1,500
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- online
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Students
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- United States
Common questions
What to know about Venture Cooperative
Upseed classifies Venture Cooperative under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 5, 2026
Known limits
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