Newton Venture Program

🚀 Expert-led #VentureCapital learning starts here.
🌏 Making the ecosystem globally accessible.
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[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Venture capital is the engine room of the innovation economy.

VC-backed companies account for 41% of US market cap and 62% of public R&D. Europe's tech sector at a record $4 trillion valuation

Apply to impact the venture ecosystem: https://t.co/0vA7XlsuGW

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Careers Month returns this September 🥳

Four Thursdays, four conversations on building a career in venture: breaking in, next moves, progression and the long game.

Full details on Disco and in your inbox.

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Growth starts with a pause. 🌱

For this Newton Fellow, the program created space to reflect, reassess, and move on to the next step with conviction.

Application link below 👇
https://t.co/mmsHLDS1eg

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

"Marvellous. Challenging. Intense"

The Newton Fellowship, straight from the Fellows who've experienced it. 🎥

We're training the next generation of VC global leaders.

Cohort 7 (NVPxLBS07) closes Monday 7 September. ~30 spots.

Apply 👉 https://t.co/0vA7XlsuGW

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Priced Round 🏷️

A funding round with a fixed valuation and a set price per share. No deferrals, or conversions pending. It's also the moment SAFEs and notes finally convert into equity.

It's where a startup's value stops being a conversation and becomes a number on paper. ✅

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

@BenemeritoLaw @BenemeritoLaw very true. Which is why "discount rate" was the next word we defined in our series. Thanks for sharing.

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Myth: founder friendly means staying out of the way.

Founders don't need friendly, they need useful.

Knowing when to lean in is a skill. One of the least taught in venture.

Join the Newton Fellowship, link in the bio🔗

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Discount Rate 🏷️

The percentage off the next round's share price when a SAFE or note converts.

20% discount, round priced at £1 per share? Early investors convert at 80p.

The reward for backing a company when the risk was highest. ✅

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Some outcomes don't fit on a certificate.

For this Newton Fellow, the program changed the size of the questions they ask about venture and their place in it.

Application link 👉 https://t.co/OEb7XxzNgK

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Myth: great VCs are great at picking winners.

Picking winners is the story, but portfolio construction is the job.

Sourcing, sizing, follow-on discipline. The real work behind every headline return.

Join the Newton Fellowship. 🔗 in bio

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Round 1 closes tonight.

Apply early to secure 1 of ~30 spots on Cohort 7 of the Newton Fellowship. World-class academics, top-decile investors, a global cohort.

⏳ Midnight tonight, Monday 10 August, UK time.

Application link below 👇
https://t.co/OEb7Xxzfrc

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Valuation Cap 🧢

The ceiling at which a SAFE or convertible note converts into equity.

£100k in at a £5m cap, next round at £10m? You convert at £5m and get double the equity per pound.

Know your cap. It decides how much of the company you're really giving away. ✅

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Round 1 applications for the Newton Fellowship (NVPxLBS07) close Monday.

~30 spots. Round 1 applicants have the strongest chance.

Started? Finish this weekend. Haven't? Start now.

Application link below 👇
https://t.co/OEb7Xxzfrc

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Venture is full of people who might one day back themselves. The Fellowship is where that becomes a decision rather than a maybe.

9 months, part time. @LBS and ecosystem partner locations. Around 30 global peers.

🤔 Q&A tomorrow

https://t.co/arBS0cnpCN

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Still deciding on the Newton Fellowship? Put your questions to people who already made the call.

Live Q&A, Fri 7 Aug, 12pm UK.
Newton Fellows Kevwe and Thomas, with Kelechi Achinonu from the Newton team.

Round 1 closes Mon 10 Aug.

👉 https://t.co/arBS0cnXsl?

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Be a student of the industry, not just your corner of it.

Newton Fellow, Oliver on why full-cycle fluency separates good investors from great ones. 🎥

Newton Fellowship applications are open. Round 1 closes Mon 10 Aug ⏳

Apply: https://t.co/OEb7Xxzfrc

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Convertible Note 🧾

A loan that converts into shares rather than being repaid in cash. Nobody has to agree a valuation on day one.

But a note is debt. It accrues interest, and it has a maturity date. Unlike a SAFE, which carries neither.✅

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

Five leaders on what actually gets a company funded.

Almost none of them mention the idea.

Story, timing, odds, execution.

And Saul Klein flips it: the best founders are not waiting to be chosen. They are choosing.

[Newton Venture Program @NewtonProgramVC]

The Newton Fellowship, in the words of a Newton Fellow. 🎥

Lucretia, impact investor on our 6th cohort, on the trusted global peer network she's built through the Fellowship.

Cohort 7 applications are open. Round 1 closes Mon 10 Aug. ⏳

https://t.co/mmsHLDRtoI

[EU-Startups @EU_Startups]

Venture capital is one of the most varied industries out there. Very few careers let you move between #sectors, immerse yourself in emerging #Tech and #trends, and meet exceptional people as a routine part of the job. 💸 📈

In this article, @AnuAdebajo, CEO of @NewtonProgramVC, reflects on fourteen years in venture capital and shares fourteen lessons from her career.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/ho6ou6wMvL