Delhi-headquartered micro VC Eximius Ventures has launched its first cohort of the Student Venture Partner programme, an initiative designed to empower undergraduate Indian students to participate in deal sourcing and support upcoming startups from the campuses.

The one-year programme will allocate up to $500,000 to student venture partners for investing in startups from their network. It will also enable each of them to present deals to Eximius’ internal committee (IC) and gain hands-on experience of working at a VC.

The programme has selected three students: Aryan Mittal from IIT Delhi, Bhargav Chaudhari from IIT Bombay, and Parth Goel from IIT Kharagpur, and is scheduled to start in December 2021.

In addition to this, the programme will also present the opportunity for student venture partners to build meaningful relations with industry players.

Pearl Agarwal, Founder and MD, Eximius Ventures, shares the motivation behind starting the programme, “As the startup ecosystem in India matures, we will see an increasing number of entrepreneurs emerging from colleges. Through Eximius Ventures, we want to develop an ecosystem to help nurture them with the right network and capital.”