McMaster University · Hamilton, Ontario

McMaster Venture Capital Club

Building the next generation of McMaster's venture capital investors, founders, and innovators.

Learn. Build. Invest.

About MVCC

Learn venture capital by doing.

McMaster Venture Capital Club helps students learn how venture capital works and build the skills and connections to take part in it. Members learn through startup research, conversations with founders, and events with people working in the industry.

01 · Founders

Build with clearer direction.

Get practical feedback on your pitch, market, and next steps from a team of McMaster students.

  • Pitch deck and investor material feedback
  • Market positioning and growth strategy
  • Connections to talent, operators, and investors
Work with us

02 · Students

Turn interest into experience.

Gain practical exposure to venture capital, startups, and the people building them.

  • Hands-on startup and investment experience
  • Access to founders, investors, and industry events
  • Practical research and investing skills
Join the community

03 · Partners

Meet McMaster's venture talent.

Connect with promising founders and ambitious students across the McMaster ecosystem.

  • Early access to emerging startups
  • Events, workshops, and networking
  • A direct connection to students interested in venture
Partner with MVCC

Venture starts with conviction.

We bring students, founders, and investors together to learn from each other and build stronger connections across McMaster.

Meet the founders

Started by students who saw the gap.

MVCC was created to make venture capital easier to understand and more accessible to McMaster students.

Meet the full executive team

Diya Shah

Co-Founder

Benicio Uhart

Co-Founder

Veer Sarin

Co-Founder

For founders

Practical support for early-stage teams.

Our student teams work on focused projects built around the questions founders need to answer next.

Explore a project

01

Operational support

Research that helps founders make clearer decisions and move projects forward.

  • Market and competitor research
  • Operations and process review
  • Clear summaries and recommendations

02

Go-to-market strategy

Research on customers, competitors, and channels to help founders decide where to focus.

  • Customer and segment mapping
  • Positioning and messaging
  • Sales and growth channel research

03

Talent acquisition

Help defining early hiring needs and connecting with students across McMaster.

  • Role and skill requirements
  • Connections to McMaster students
  • Introductions across campus

Our partnerships

Connected to venture capital across Canada.

Our partners connect MVCC members with venture capital firms and investors across Canada. Through these relationships, students gain mentorship, industry insight, and direct exposure to the people working in venture.

Start a conversation

Bring us the next question.

Whether you are building, investing, recruiting, or exploring venture for the first time, tell us what you have in mind.

Prefer to write directly?mvcc@mcmaster.ca

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