Join 7,500+ Columbia entrepreneurs
Membership is free and open to Columbia University alumni, students, faculty, and staff with an interest in entrepreneurship — founders, operators, investors, and the startup-curious.
How It Works
Application to portal access in days, not weeks
Apply
Fill out the short application below — your Columbia affiliation and what you're looking for. Takes about two minutes.
Review
Our operations team reviews every application to keep the community private, high-trust, and genuinely Columbia.
Welcome
Once approved, you'll receive a welcome email with a link to set your password and access the member portal.
Plug In
Join the messaging community, browse the directory, opt into 1:1 matching, and RSVP to your first event.
What You Get
One login, the whole ecosystem
- Member portal — your persistent home at members.columbiaventure.org
- Messaging community — announcements, questions, deal flow, and a weekly digest option
- Member directory — searchable, with a co-founder matching filter
- Automated 1:1 networking — opt in, get matched, meet someone new
- Job board & resource vault — roles, templates, term sheets, cap table tools
- Mentor office hours — 20-minute 1:1s with volunteer VCs and experts
- Partner perks — member discounts on startup tools
- Events — happy hours, Incubation Night, Demo Night
"The application took two minutes. Within a week I'd posted a question about SAFE terms, gotten five answers from members who'd been through it, and booked office hours with a VC. That pace is the whole point."
Member Application
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