About The Program
The 2026 Clemens Angel Analyst Fellowship applications are open. If you want to learn more about the program and the application process, please email our team at Innovation@furman.edu.
Description
The Clemens Angel Analyst Fellowship, established in Spring 2022, is the first of its kind among national liberal arts and sciences colleges; the program equips students for successful careers in angel investing, venture capital, private equity, or capital raises for their startup venture.
This 10-week transformational experience (non-credit), designed for up to twenty-five students, will provide the skills, experience, and network to accelerate their learning in early-stage venture investment. Through facilitated discussions, exercises, case studies, guest speakers, and mentoring, Fellows will learn VentureSouth’s signature due diligence framework to drive investment decisions. Following the 10-week fellowship, up to two Fellows will have the opportunity to join the VentureSouth team as a paid Analyst intern.
Analysts will have the opportunity to apply learnings from the Fellowship to real-world startups that are currently going through the due diligence process with the VentureSouth Team.
Course Breakdown
- 10 – weeks
- Dates: September 17, November 12, 2025
- Meets each Wednesday from 3:00 – 4:30 PM with optional additional opportunities
Benefits
- Angel investing and venture capital.
- How to conduct due diligence on a team, develop a business model, and a product.
- The financial and governance terms that matter in a term sheet.
- Startup valuation, venture math, and capitalization tables.
- What happens post investment and how to think about your investment portfolio strategy.
Requirements
- Must be a Full-Time Furman student
- Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
- Minimum GPA: 3.0+
- Fellows are required to possess a foundation of financial accounting terms, MS Excel modeling, and MS PowerPoint.
Typical Careers of Interest
- Business Analytics
- Consulting
- Investment Banking
- Venture Capital
Investment
- Fully funded by VentureSouth
Lexia Gianopoulos ‘26
Clemens Angel Analyst Fellow Graduate 2025
Major : Sociology
“The Clemens program was so unique because I was able to learn about investing and developing myself as an entrepreneur, even without a prior background in business. I am so grateful to my fellow participants, everyone at the Hill Institute, and especially the Clemens family, for this opportunity to deepen my understanding of innovation.”
Kyler Bailey '26
Clemens Angel Analyst Fellow Graduate 2023
Major : Computer Science | Minor : Data Analytics
“My favorite aspect of The Clemens Angel Analyst Fellowship was the opportunity to connect with so many different entrepreneurs with varying experiences to learn from and apply to my future endeavors. My advice to someone who is hesitant to join the program is you do not need any special trait to be apart of this program you just need to have the willingness to learn.”
Anna Donnell '25
Clemens Angel Analyst Fellow Graduate 2023
Major : Accounting | Minor: Data Analytics
“My favorite aspect of Clemens Angel Analyst Fellowship was the speaker series, where entrepreneurs spoke about their business and how they got there. If you want to know more about what it takes to start your own business, venture capital, and entrepreneurship, then this is a great option for you! It’s not a huge time commitment and you can make good connections.”
FAQs
This program is held at our new Furman Innovation Lab at Crescent Startup Community (25 Goldsmith St) towards downtown Greenville! If you are worried about transportation, our team will help you coordinate a carpool with one of your classmates (typically, about half of the cohort carpools with the other).
Absolutely not, parking at the Furman Innovation Lab is free of charge.
This is a great question! In this program’s history, we have had a large variety of participants, including student athletes. Though the program dates and times will not be shifted to accommodate practice schedules, a member of The Hill Institute Team will be happy to connect with your coach to help you become a Clemens Angel Analyst Fellow.
Short answer – no. We have a students participate in this program with a large array of backgrounds; however, as this program is one of our most specialized, we typically have students apply with majors in Accounting, Business, Chemistry, Data Analyst, Economics and Political Science.
There is no requirements for students to fit within this category, instead, this list typically has overlapping interest with the Clemens Angel Analyst Fellowship.
VentureSouth is an early-stage venture firm that provides capital and expertise to Southeastern startups through our angel investment network and funds.
VentureSouth has grown to include more than 550 active investors, making us one of the largest angel investment groups in the United States – and we have been named a Top 10 angel group numerous times. To date, VentureSouth has invested over $80 million in more than 100 companies.
