NFX Fellows Application 2026-2027

NFX

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The NFX Fellows program is seeking exceptional students from Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, and MIT to serve as thought partners on campus. This program offers students an opportunity to gain experience in sourcing, evaluating, and supporting early-stage companies, develop a sense for evaluating promising startups, build relationships within student entrepreneurship communities, and gain insight into current innovation trends. Fellows will connect founders with the NFX team, help evaluate companies, and host on-campus events. The program provides exposure to the intricacies of seed-stage investing, regular meetings with the NFX team, and a monthly stipend. Successful fellows may have the opportunity to extend their fellowship for a second year. The application deadline is Thursday, May 14th at 11:59 PM PST.

Requirements

• Current or incoming Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, or MIT student.
• Passion for startups; experience as a founder, working at a fast-growing startup, or evaluating startups as an investment.
• Hustle, speed, decisiveness, empathy, dexterity, patience, and endurance.
• Strong character: generous in spirit, charismatic, passionate, perceptive, humble, driven, humorous, and confident.
• Ability to work closely with the NFX team and be inspired by them.
• Willingness to commit approximately 10 hours per week.

Nice To Haves

• Have always succeeded at everything (this is a negative indicator).
• Want to work alone (this is a negative indicator).
• Care more about what other people think than what you believe (this is a negative indicator).
• Just looking for a gold star on your resume (this is a negative indicator).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a thought partner on campus.
• Source, evaluate, and support companies.
• Develop a sense for evaluating promising startups.
• Build relationships with student founders and entrepreneurship communities.
• Develop insight into current white hot areas of innovation.
• Connect inspiring founders with the NFX team and help evaluate their companies and products.
• Host on-campus events for student entrepreneurship communities (i.e. pitch competitions, hackathons, network effects workshops, etc).
• Attend an in-person retreat in San Francisco (Oct 24-26) with NFX investors and fellows from all of the schools (Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, MIT).
• Meet with different members of the NFX team regularly and have additional ad hoc meetings.
• Share regular updates to the NFX team to provide updates/status check-ins.

Benefits

• Monthly stipend
• Opportunity to extend the fellowship for a second year if the first year is successful
• Experience in early-stage investing
• Learn the ropes of venture capital
• Be part of a program with great people
• Become a strategic pillar on campus
• Learn more than MBA classes

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed