The next deadline to apply for an interview is Sunday, December 15th 11:59pm PT. Launch your own startup or passion project.
THE Community

Learn and build your startup with real entrepreneurs and industry experts

The best part of Venture Camp is our instructor and mentor community. Our mentors come with a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences in areas like online businesses, e-commerce, healthcare, AI, arts/fashion, and more, and hail from around the world.

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.

YOUR MENTORS

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

Ben Hsu
Ben is an 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.
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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