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Illuminate Ventures Student-In-Residence Info Session

Hosted by Austin Lignell
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Illuminate Ventures Student-in-Residence Info Session

Curious about venture capital and want hands-on experience while at CMU? Join us for the Illuminate Ventures Internship Program Info Session with Cindy Padnos, Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures and a Tepper alum, to learn how you can work one-on-one with the firm’s partners on real VC projects.

About Illuminate Ventures
A Bay Area VC firm (Oakland, CA) focused on early-stage B2B cloud and enterprise software. Founded by Cindy Padnos. Learn more: illuminate.com

About the Internship (Student-in-Residence Fellowship)

  • Commitment: ~2–3 hours/week

  • Work you’ll do: due diligence, industry analyses, and internal firm projects

  • Who it’s for: All backgrounds; finance, business, tech, etc.

  • Exposure: Close collaboration with Cindy and the other Managing Partner; resume-ready deliverables (market maps, memos, theses)

What this session covers

  • What to expect as an Illuminate intern (workflow, cadence, outputs)

  • Illuminate’s investment thesis and how they source differentiated deals in a competitive landscape

  • Practical recruiting tips to stand out in VC

Event Details


Questions? Feel free to reach out to Austin ([email protected])

Location
Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
4765 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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