Kauffman Fellows Program
{{Infobox organization
| name = Kauffman Fellows Program
| logo = Kauffman Fellows.png
| type = Non-operating private foundation
(IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3){{cite web |url=http://kauffmanfellows.org/about/faqs |title=Kauffman Fellows - FAQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208120917/http://kauffmanfellows.org/about/faqs |archive-date=February 8, 2015|website=kauffmanfellows.org |access-date=2013-08-05}}
| founded_date = {{start date and age |1994 }}
| founder = Ewing Marion Kauffman
| location_city = Palo Alto, California
| location_country = United States
| key_people = Jeff Harbach (CEO)
| homepage = {{website |https://www.kauffmanfellows.org/ }}
}}
The Kauffman Fellowship is a two-year educational, networking, and leadership development program for venture capitalists.{{cite web |url=http://www.kauffmanfellows.org/overview.aspx |title=SKF - Fellowship |accessdate=2010-09-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819073614/http://www.kauffmanfellows.org/overview.aspx |archivedate=2010-08-19 }} It was named after Ewing Marion Kauffman. The Kauffman Fellows Program is a nonprofit with a history of identifying, educating, mentoring and networking future venture capitalists. {{As of |2011}}, it had graduated more than 250 fellows, who have worked at venture firms in the U.S. and internationally.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/04/05/midas-list-methodology.html#212cb9695c5e|title=Midas: The Methodology|last=Perlroth|first=Nicole|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en}}
History
The Kauffman Fellows Program originated as an endeavor of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, from which it was spun out in 2000,{{Cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/01/12/truebridge%E2%80%99s-second-fund-of-funds-good-news-for-kauffman-fellows/ |title=TrueBridge's Second Fund of Funds Good News for Kauffman Fellows - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ |access-date=2017-08-04 |archive-date=2015-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224063824/http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/01/12/truebridge%e2%80%99s-second-fund-of-funds-good-news-for-kauffman-fellows/ |url-status=dead }} and is now managed by the Center for Venture Education, based in Palo Alto, California.
Notable Kauffman Fellows
- Trish Costello, Portfolia
- Mamoon Hamid,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=25337770&privcapId=21381&previousCapId=19597&previousTitle=CRV|title=Mamoon Hamid: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-07-01}} Social Capital
- Jenny Lee, GGV Capital
- Mala Gaonkar
- Michael McCullough
- Justin Rockefeller{{cite web|url=http://www.rbf.org/people/justin-rockefeller |title=Justin Rockefeller |publisher=Rockefeller Brothers Fund |accessdate=September 23, 2014 }}
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