The priority deadline to apply is Sunday, February 23rd 11:59pm PT. Launch your own startup or passion project this summer!

Discover business & entrepreneurship
in high school

Venture Camp is where ambitious high school students gain real-world skills and launch their own businesses.

Now accepting applications for our Summer 2025 entrepreneurship program. Join from anywhere! 🌎

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Mentors, instructors, and program managers come from

Gain experience and stand out by taking action in the real-world

“Venture Camp is the type of program I wish existed when I was in high school”

Ken Z

Sonny was co-founder at Bloom and studied at Brown University

"I enjoyed the personal relationships and close knit community - they helped me launch my startup!"

Christina P

Summer 2024 Cohort - Founder of Hue Harmony

“Their mentorship helped us build a startup that was accepted into Y Combinator”

Ophelia C

Shobha is the co-founder of Flair Health, a Y Combinator-backed startup, and studied at Stanford

Find a Venture Camp program that's right for you

Kai Chen
Applied Research at OpenAI, Co-Founder at Dispatch Technologies. Penn M&T ‘17
Shobha Dasari
Co-Founder at Flair Health. Y Combinator and Stanford alumni.
Alex Sands
Co-Founder at Pilot, Wharton/Penn M&T alumni.
Sonny Mo
Co-Founder/CEO Bloom, Thiel Fellow, and Brown 2021.
Ajay Patel
Machine Learning PhD at Penn. Co-Founder at Plasticity.
Taylor Carol
Founder/CEO at EveryCare, Harvard alumni. Former PM at Lyft.
Our Mentors

Mentorship from a world-class network of young founders and industry leaders

During our Venture Camp programs, students work closely with dedicated instructors who will guide them through the process of launching their own business or making an impact on an existing one.

In addition to each student's dedicated guide, they will learn from and connect with a world-class mentor network of experienced founders and industry experts.

Kai Chen
Research at OpenAI, Co-Founder at Dispatch Technologies. Penn M&T ‘17
Shobha Dasari
Co-Founder at Flair Health. Y Combinator and Stanford alumni.
Alex Sands
Co-Founder at Pilot, Wharton/Penn M&T alumni.
Sonny Mo
Co-Founder/CEO Bloom, Thiel Fellow, and Brown 2021.
Ajay Patel
Machine Learning PhD at Penn. Co-Founder at Plasticity.
Jerry Registre
Product at Meta, Harvard alumni. Co-Founder at Peerlift.
WORKING TOGETHER

Mentorship from a world-class founder and industry network

During Venture Camp, teens get instruction, do 1:1 mentorship, have office hours, and hear talks from entrepreneurs and business leaders.

WORKING TOGETHER

Engaging bootcamp experiences

During Venture Camp programs, teens receive instruction, get 1:1 and small-group mentorship, have office hours, and hear talks from entrepreneurs and business leaders. All while creating their own business or solving a high-impact problem for a leading startup or company.

GOING FORWARD

Establish a robust foundation for college and your future career

At the end of every Venture Camp program, you’ll be equipped with real-world business skills that drive success in college and your future career.

Accelerate your career at top companies
Showcase your passion and drive for colleges
YOUR MENTORS

Learn from real entrepreneurs and technologists by building in the real world

Ben Hsu
Ben is the director and lead instructor at Venture Camp. He spent the past 4 years as the co-founder/CEO of Songbird, a healthcare technology company for children with autism. He helped grow Songbird to serve hundreds of families across 3 states, raise $10m+ from Kleiner Perkins, and build a 120+ person team.

Ben also taught the Management of Technology course at The Wharton School. Today, he continues to support motivated and passionate college students and young entrepreneurs.

Ben graduated from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology between Wharton and UPenn.
Morgan Snyder
Morgan is an instructor at Venture Camp. She is a Software Engineer turned Innovation and Engineering teacher, working with students to design and build a future they believe in.

Morgan's past experiences range from being the 12th Grade Dean and Innovation Lab Teacher at The Nueva School in California to building defense, intelligence, and disaster relief tools at Palantir to founding Sweet Bites Gum to fight chronic tooth decay

Morgan is pursuing her masters in education and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
Alex Sands
Alex is an instructor at Venture Camp. He is a co-founder at Plasticity, a natural language processing and AI startup that was acquired in 2020.

Alex also co-founded Pilot, a non-profit that hosted nation-wide high school hackathons to teach students how to code. He ran these events in 14 different cities, with several events reaching 200+ students and 30+ mentors.
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Alex was a part of Y Combinator S17 and graduated from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology between Wharton and UPenn.
STUDENT NETWORK

Join a network of ambitious and passionate student entrepreneurs

Applications to interview for Venture Camp's Summer 2025 programs are now open—apply today.

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