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Score Venture Fellowship
SCORE 3 Ventures Fellowship is SCORE 3 Ventures' fellowship offering real venture capital experience for underrepresented entrepreneurs and professionals.
- Application state
- Accepting
Overview
What Score Venture Fellowship offers
What Score Venture Fellowship is
Overview The SCORE 3 Venture Fellowship is an immersive volunteer role offering real venture capital experience across the full investment lifecycle. SCORE 3 Ventures specializes in identifying and supporting original problem solvers from underrepresented backgrounds, with particular focus on entrepreneurs led by women, people of color, and LGBTQ individuals. The fellowship provides access to venture capital careers for entrepreneurs and professionals from diverse communities historically underrepresented in venture capital.
Operational profile
Program status and context
Program status describes the program itself. Application availability and deadlines remain separate.
- Operational status
- Active
- Program type
- Fellowship
- Host organization
- Score 3 Ventures
- Last reviewed
- June 12, 2026
Terms and economics
Published program terms
- Price
- Free
- Compensation
- No Compensation
Compensation and economics
Compensation The fellowship is explicitly a volunteer role; the value is knowledge, social capital, and peer support rather than cash compensation.
Focus and fit
Who the program is for
Program thesis
Thesis Score 3 Ventures seeks to uncover and empower original problem solvers from underrepresented backgrounds, especially women, people of color, and LGBTQ founders. Its syndicate materials describe industry-agnostic seed-stage deal flow led by underrepresented minority or female founders and vetted by a pool of Venture Fellows.
Eligibility
Eligibility Candidates must be a person of color, woman, or LGBTQ community member; have a strong interest in venture capital; be a current MBA student or enrolled in another advanced degree program; and be a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. work-visa holder.
Selection approach
Admissions The official page says Score 3 reviews applications on a rolling basis for open opportunities and points candidates to its openings page. Interested candidates can also contact the program at admin@score3.org for more information.
- Stages
- Seed · Series A · Pre-seed
- Sectors
- FintechHealthcareConsumerEducationBiotech & Life SciencesArtificial IntelligenceWeb3 & Blockchain
- Regions
- United States
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Scouts · Operators · Students
- Geographic eligibility
- United States
- Career stage
- Student · Early Career · Mid Career
Format and cadence
How participation works
- Presence
- Hybrid
- Main location
- United States
- Duration
- 104 weeks
- Engagement
- Part Time
Delivery model
Presence The program is delivered in a hybrid format, allowing for both remote and in-person engagement.
Participation expectations
Engagement Fellows attend virtual Score 3 meetings twice monthly plus their local partner firm's group meetings (roughly monthly), making it a part-time, hybrid commitment alongside graduate study.
Availability and engagement
Application timing and route
- Application state
- Accepting
- Admissions
- Rolling
Published timeline
Timeline Initial 1-2 month training period Completion-based advancement to formal fellowship position 1-year minimum commitment to venture partner firm 2-year maximum program duration
Value and support
What participation may provide
Publicly described support is context, not a guarantee of current delivery or future benefit.
What participants may receive
Benefits Fellows receive practical VC training and access to social capital, peer support, and venture network partners. The program starts with a one- to two-month training period before fellows are granted a fellowship position and placed with a venture network partner.
Outcomes and track record
What the public record shows
Historical activity and reported outcomes provide context, not a guarantee of future results.
Reported outcomes
Success Fellowship participation provides direct venture capital experience on actual investments, a career pathway into venture capital operations, and a network of peer fellows and established investors.
Common questions
Program details at a glance
Score Venture Fellowship is published in Upseed as a fellowship program hosted by Score 3 Ventures. Upseed treats the Program and its host Organization as separate records so each can have its own status and sources.
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
June 12, 2026
Known limits
Terms, deadlines, and application states can change. Confirm current details at the published destination before acting. Upseed does not yet classify every Program destination as official.
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