Fellow Fund 
Investing $50-100K into underrepresented
student founders transforming legacy industries.

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Investment Focus

Operators first approach to investing and working with founders.
Regions
Canada
United States
Thesis Areas
New enterprise systems of record
Complex workflow automation tools for legacy industries
Tools that enable the transition to adopt frontier technology
Stage
MVP Built
Early Users or Customer Validation
Zero or Little Capital Raised
Strategy
Leading rounds independently
Investing in underrepresented student founders
Check Size
$50k
—
$100k
Round Size
Up to $250k

The Fellow Fund Portfolio

Learn more about the Fellow Fund and our mission to empower underrepresented founders.

Why did we start the Fellow Fund?

Our fellowship program and online course have scaled to help student founders and aspiring VCs across the world get access to knowledge and a unique network. The only thing lacking was financial support to offer in tandem with all of our initiatives.

Gap in the Ecosystem
There are many investment funds focused on student founders, but still only the top 1% of students receive investment. We want to continue democratizing access to venture capital.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Underrepresented groups still receive a small percentage of total funding, especially as students.
Expanding the Platform
Our program and online course have helped student founders raise over $60M in venture funding, and we want to support our founders alongside their journeys from Day 1.
Help Founders Get From 0 to 1
Many first-time founders lack the resources and expertise to get companies off the ground, and we're bridging the gap to close the immediate financial and experience gap.

Why Take Our Money

Hands-on mentorship and guidance

We've built, funded, and sold companies before. Using our experience to guide first-time founders to success in the early days.

Access to Ripple Ventures' resources and network

Portfolio perks on software and tools, as well as the access to Ripple Ventures' founder, investor and operator network.

Join the RippleX Fellowship community

Meet other like-minded founders and investors in private group chats and events, where we are dedicated to helping each other succeed.

Hiring high quality talent

Access to talent pipeline in the Ripple Ventures and RippleX Fellowship networks to ensure you have the best people building your company.

Join the largest community of student founders and VCs.

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