Hop-On Student Venture Fund 2009-2010

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In early 2009, I got involved with the student venture fund through a few people at I met at the ARCHAngels, a network of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, mentors, advisors, etc that meets in the Akron area. The Student Venture Fund evaluated a company (by performing due diligence) during the course of the semester to validate the process of how we would perform due diligence and provide funds to deserving companies in the area. Starting in fall I will be working with Neil as one of the managing partners of the fund. We just need to get a few things together before we start raising donations for the fund and assembling a team for this year’s due diligence. There is also a possibility that we could be partnering with a local Angel Fund that invests in tech-based businesses to help with their due diligence. It would definitely be a win-win for both of us since they need volunteers for due diligence and the students need experience in performing it.