Underrepresented founders receive less than 3% of US venture capital investment. The Peachtree Minority Venture Fund plays a vital role in expanding the venture landscape by funding ventures that empower minority founders.
A million-dollar venture capital fund
focused on empowering underrepresented founders and markets
Our Goals
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Equity Investments
Provide equity investments into businesses with underrepresented founders or that provide venture funding opportunities within underserved markets and provide these enterprises access to the unique resources available at Goizueta and its extended ecosystem. -
Diversity of Perspectives
Expose all students from a variety of racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds to the venture funding landscape with a focus on underrepresented founders and underserved venture markets. -
Experiential Learning
Create an experiential learning opportunity for Goizueta students to learn about venture capital investing by allowing students to make decisions about real businesses with real money.
Peachtree Minority Venture Fund
The Roberto C. Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Student-Run Venture Capital Fund
Peachtree is the only student-run venture capital fund that focuses on equity investments into underrepresented founder ventures and ventures that expand venture funding for underrepresented business owners. Students source companies, conduct due diligence, and make investment recommendations to the Peachtree Investment Committee which is made up of Goizueta faculty, staff, and alumni. Peachtree was funded by the Goizueta Business School endowment and utilizes an “evergreen” structure, recycling all proceeds for reinvestment.
Equity Investments
Peachtree is a pre-seed and seed co-investment fund. We invest in equity with check sizes from $15,000-$50,000, dependent on a startup’s stage. Peachtree requires a lead investor and customary information rights as conditions of its investment.
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Student Roles
Peachtree Minority Venture Fund operates as a course through the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Students apply for a role in the fund and receive both technical venture capital investing training as well as a curriculum focused on underrepresented entrepreneurship and bias.
- Set annual strategy for the Peachtree Minority Venture Fund (i.e., decide on meeting times, management team and analyst expectations, and goals for the year)
- Lead and set agenda for monthly CEI Leadership meetings
- Lead and set agenda for monthly fund meetings (MPs, SA, and analysts)
- Represent Peachtree at external and internal events
- Provide guidance for sourcing and due diligence questions
- Communicate and uphold relationships with Advisory Board
- Work with Advisory Board Chair on annual meeting planning
- Create Public Annual Report
This group meets weekly. Managing partner areas include Chief Operating Officer, Head of Education/Curriculum, Marketing and Recruitment, Deal Sourcing and Portfolio Management
Analyst work on teams of 2-3 to analyze potential investments and conduct due diligence
- Gather information from the target company and industry experts
- Research and talk to existing references and customers of the target company
- Research potential competitors to the target company
- Conduct background checks on the current management of the target company
- Perform valuation analysis via modelling
- Help preparing internal investment memos
- Meet weekly with analyst team
- Present potential deals in monthly fund meeting
- Assist as needed with fund marketing and events
Academic & Investment Committee
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Jill Perry-Smith
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JB Kurish
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Brian Cayce
