NESCAC Venture Network
Eleven colleges · One network
NESCAC Venture Network
The first formal network for the top builders across the NESCAC.
What this is
Eleven campuses, eleven separate scenes. This connects them.
There are great builders on every NESCAC campus. There has never been anything to connect them. Each school is small, and none has the local alumni density that keeps a startup scene alive on its own.
Every campus turns out founders, engineers, operators and investors far out of proportion to its size. Most of them graduate without meeting each other.
The Network is the first structure across all eleven: one roster of the people building, the alumni behind them, and events that put everyone in a room.
What you get out of it
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You do not have to be a founder
Doing something exceptional outside of startups? We still want to meet you. Engineers, researchers, people in finance and VC, designers, writers, organizers. The point is to gather the best talent across the eleven, company or no company.
Find your cofounder, your first engineer, or whoever already solved the thing you are stuck on.
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If you are raising
Alumni and students in the network can put you in front of some of the largest funds and the people who write the checks there. An intro from someone who knows your work beats a cold email every time.
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Intros that land
NESCAC alumni sit across the funds and fast-growing startups worth knowing, and the Network is the short path to them. Roles and internships reach the list first, and you get the advice a careers portal cannot give you.
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Rooms worth being in
Our events put the strongest people across the eleven in one room, on purpose. The Summit is the flagship: eleven pitches, breakout sessions with founders and investors, and a fair over dinner where the whole room circulates. Boston, November 15.
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A signal that travels
The roster says something about you. Investors and hiring founders read it as the shortlist of NESCAC talent worth meeting.
The eleven
The Summit
The first pitch competition for the whole NESCAC.
One venture per school. An investor panel awards the NESCAC Cup and the room votes a crowd favorite. Breakout sessions in the afternoon, a fair over dinner.
- When
- Sunday, November 15, 2026
- Where
- Boston, venue announced soon
- Applications
- Sept 6 – Oct 5
Join
If you are building, funding, or simply excellent at what you do, you belong on the list.
Students at any of the eleven, alumni founders, investors, faculty. Members get the roster, intros, open roles, and first word on every event. Applications are read as they come in.