Kodiak Ventures

Kodiak Ventures is Washington University in St. Louis’ first student-run venture studio. Our mission is to provide undergraduates with the resources, encouragement, and space to immediately take their venture into action, rapidly iterate, and evolve instead of sitting stagnantly as an unused idea. We help grow students' ventures from zero to one so that they can proliferate from one to a million. As the only industry-agnostic venture studio run by and for WashU undergraduates, we have access to an untapped pool of insights and talent. Through fostering partnerships with associated funds to provide $5,000 in non-equity grants, creating WashU's very own VC fellowship program, and constructing a talent pipeline for students to meet founders and build, we are catalyzing WashU's startup ecosystem. We look for undergraduate WashU students of all backgrounds who are committed to building something incredible. Students will succeed if they are passionate, committed, and open to iteration and exploration.