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Newton Venture Program
Training and development programs for venture capital
- 1-20 employees
- Education
- Investing
- Social Media
- Venture Capital
- Community
- Somers Town, London, UK
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Company mission
To level the playing field for people from typically overlooked backgrounds - ensuring that the next generation of venture investors represent the world we live in.
Most candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
75% female employees
Our take
Newton is an investor training program provider with a mission to make the venture ecosystem more diverse, inclusive, and accessible to the population it serves. Its students - 'Newton Scholars and Fellows' - take part in digital and in-person programmes aimed at giving them a foothold or accelerate their career in the venture capital sector.
A joint venture by London Business School and LocalGlobe, Newton particularly targets previously "underestimated" groups who want to learn more about the technicalities of how venture capital works, including potential investors, company founders and operators. According to Atomico’s respected State of European Tech report, just 0.9% of founders in Europe are Black. Furthermore, according to Diversity.VC, in 2019, just 30% of those working in venture capital were women. Newton wants to help redress this imbalance - that's why its courses aim to ensure a 50/50 gender split, with at least 50% of students coming from Black, Asian or other overlooked backgrounds. In doing so, Newton is strongly aligning itself with the growing social climate favouring greater equity in influential sectors.
Newton has now run eight Fundamentals courses and four Fellowship cohorts and launched a "Foundations" course in 2024 training over 2500 learners. After four years, Newton has established demand and built a strong reputation following on from the success of its learners. Its focus now is on expanding its brand and reach globally.
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Benefits
- Company pension
- L&D Budget
- Free snacks and team lunches in the office
- 25 days holiday (+ 8 days for bank holidays)
- Work from home opportunities and flexible hours (within range)
- Access to company health insurance
- Access to face-to-face or online therapy sessions
Company values
- Disrupt the venture ecosystem and drive positive impact
- Put learners at the centre of every decision
- Adopt a team-first mindset
- Human capital development extends to Newton team
Leadership
Eleanor Kaye
(Executive Director)At Newton, Eleanor focuses on helping aspiring and established venture professionals, and diversifying the VC ecosystem. Prior to this, Eleanor worked in Operations at Palantir Technologies.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Newton Venture Program
- We're proud to say we have a diverse and inclusive team, unified by our shared values and mission. Our people are the most important part of our story and everyone plays an essential role in our journey. We look for people with a growth mindset, expertise, enthusiasm and who are motivated by change. There’s plenty of room to learn and grow, as part of our ongoing training or directly from other experts.
- Newton is committed to building a venture ecosystem that reflects the world we live in, and that extends to the Newton team. We particularly encourage those who are from typically and structurally overlooked and underestimated groups to join us.
- We are an inclusive team who believe that differences are our strengths, and we are unified by great ideas and collaborative thoughtfulness.
- We use a blind recruitment tool for cohort hiring. We ask all candidates to remove all identifying details to reduce unconscious bias from our process.
- As part of the Phoenix Court Group, we join their regular events addressing diversity and inclusion, including Blackout Tuesday. These are opportunities to evolve our understanding and thinking, learn more about groups that may be different to the ones we belong to and the challenges they may face, and to be part of actionable change, not just talking about it.
- Here's an example of a Blackout Tuesday event: https://newtonprogram.vc/blog/blackouttuesday
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