Startup Submission

If you are an entrepreneur raising funding, read more to learn about our investment thesis and how we operate. If we're a good match, send an email to our Managing Directors, Brian Seckel and Mackenzie Friedman with some basic info listed below.

Who are we?

The Deming Center Venture Fund (DCVF) is a venture capital fund made up of multidisciplinary grad students: MBAs, law students, and engineers at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder. Created both as hands-on educational opportunity and way to support early-stage Colorado companies, DCVF is a venture fund that prioritizes growing and improving the Colorado startup ecosystem.Ìý

What do we invest in?

DCVF invests in early-stage startups with connections to the Colorado and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder communities. We write $25,000 checks in exchange for equity, convertible debt, or a similar security. We are industry agnostic, however the company needs to be venture scalable and connected to Colorado or Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØin some way.Ìý

Why work with us?

Our process respects valuable founder time, and consists of:

  • 30-minute initial meeting
  • 30-minute pitch and q&a
  • Provide access to data room and answer round of diligence questions

We support prospective and portfolio companies by keeping things simple:

  • No term negotiation, we sign on to same terms as lead investor
  • Pitch to investment decision timeline of 4-5 weeks, can be as short as 3 weeks if required
  • No investor pressure to pass along, we're funded by donors
  • Hands-off, but we're available to help how we can

See our investment process below for more details on how we operate.

Sound like a fit?

If you think you fit our thesis, please send an email to our Managing Directors, Brian Seckel and Mackenzie Friedman.

Please provide us with:Ìý

  • Website or overview of your company
  • Details of the round you’re raising
  • Pitch deck

We normally respond to submissions within 72 hours.

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Investment Process

  • Founder Meeting - 30-minute initial discussion with 1-3 DCVF members*
  • Initial internal diligence by small group of members
  • Internal team vote to bring in for pitch
  • Pitch - 30-minute in-person or virtual pitch + q&a with entire DCVF team*
  • Internal discussion and vote to do deeper diligence
  • Access data room and internal diligence by entire team
  • Round of diligence questions*
  • Internal discussion and final vote to invest

*involves founder