Leland+ for Venture Capital

Sector Overview: Consumer Tech

Consumer Tech has a massive market. Learn about its key growth drivers, metrics, economics, and what excites VC's.

Sector Overview: Healthcare & Digital Health

Learn about the Healthcare & Digital Health industries, their key players, metrics, valuations, and what VC's look for.

Sector Overview: Crypto & Web3

Crypto has quickly become a huge industry. Check out its key growth drivers, sub-sectors, major players, and what excites VCs.

Breaking into Venture Capital - Ask Me Anything

Venture capital is one of the most competitive and relationship-driven industries to break into—but this AMA will give you rare, unfiltered access to someone who’s done it. Jason C. has spent the last decade building and investing in companies, from founding two startups to becoming a partner at Contrary shortly after graduating from Wharton/Lauder. He’s led investments in standout companies like Orchard Robotics, Nomic, and Endeavor AI, and his angel portfolio includes high-growth names such as Warp, Ramp, Clara, and Slingshot AI.

How to Stand Out in VC Recruiting

Venture capital recruiting is relationship-driven, competitive, and often opaque—and standing out requires far more than a strong resume. In this session, you’ll learn how VC firms actually evaluate candidates, what signals investing potential, and how to differentiate yourself through sourcing, market insight, and clear thinking. We’ll cover networking strategies, outreach, interview preparation, and how to demonstrate judgment and curiosity even without prior investing experience.

Wine Import Venture Feasibility Model (Excel)

Excel-based feasibility and financial model for planning a wine import venture. Enter SKU-level pricing, landed costs, shipment size, channel mix.

Sample Resume VC Investment Analyst

This is a sample resume template to help break into VC from a foreign/non-traditional background.

Venture Capital 101: Players, Funds, and the Deal Process

Venture capital can feel opaque without a clear map of how firms operate and how deals actually get done. This session breaks down the VC ecosystem, who the key players are, how funds are structured, and what the end-to-end deal process looks like, from sourcing and diligence to investment decisions and portfolio support. You’ll leave with a practical understanding of how venture capital works and how to navigate conversations, recruiting, or founder interactions with greater confidence.

Breaking into VC from a non-traditional background

There’s no single path into venture capital—and you don’t need the “perfect” pedigree to break in. What you do need is strategy, positioning, and a clear understanding of how funds actually think about talent. In this session, we’ll unpack how to translate non-traditional experiences into investor-ready strengths, build credibility in startup ecosystems, and network in ways that lead to real opportunities. If you’re ready to turn an unconventional background into a competitive advantage, this is where your VC journey begins.

Cap Table & Waterfall Practice

Building and reading cap tables. Understanding dilution, option pools, liquidation preferences, participation preferences, and how terms affect founder and investor economics.

CloudCore Series C Case Instructions

Full case study: evaluate a Series C SaaS investment including financial analysis, market assessment, and investment recommendation. Includes: blank modeling template and completed answer key with annotations.

VC Recruiting Workbook

Template to articulate your unique value proposition and background story for VC recruiting; Evaluate your current track record and identify 3 goals to strengthen your candidacy over the next 90 days.

90-Day Action Plan Template for VC Recruiting

Create a comprehensive 90-day action plan for breaking into VC with your unique positioning.

Market Map Template

Spreadsheet framework for creating professional market maps by category, stage, and competitive positioning.

AI Tools For Venture Capital

This toolkit covers deal sourcing, research workflows and due diligence, financial modeling, and porfolio management for Venture Capital firms.

Target Fund Networking Tool

Spreadsheet template for researching funds, tracking contacts, and managing your outreach pipeline.

Resume Example - Consulting, IB, and Impact Investing

See how one Harvard grad highlights their work experience from management consulting to leading a $X00M+ impact investing firm.

The Ultimate Cold Outreach Template

Stop sending cold emails that get ignored. Learn how to write effective outreach templates that get responses and land you opportunities.

The Perfect Interview Follow-Up Email

Learn how to write a perfect follow-up email after your interview. This template gives you the tools to stand out, make a lasting impression, and land the job.

Technical Interview Questions List

Prepare for your technical interviews with this comprehensive guide. We break down common questions and provide short answers to point you in the right direction.