Venture Camp is a summer entrepreneurship program for high school students interested in building businesses with real customers and revenue. Through the Venture Camp program, you'll go from startup idea to customers and/or revenue and found your own business.
During the program, student entrepreneurs will receive personalized instruction and mentorship from a world-class mentor network (industry experts from OpenAI, DoorDash, Meta, McKinsey and startup founders backed by Y Combinator and other top investors).
Founding a business in high school is a great way to stand out when applying to college and internships. It demonstrates unique passion and drive and gives you a head-start on your career as an entrepreneur!
Venture Camp is accepting applicants for our 2026 summer programs. We have 3 session times this summer:
Summer Batch I: 4-week Virtual Immersive - Monday June 22nd 2026 - Friday July 17th 2026
Summer Batch II: 1-week In-person Intensive (West Coast - San Francisco) - Monday July 27th 2026 - Friday July 31st 2026
Summer Batch III: 1-week In-person Intensive (East Coast - Philadelphia) -
Monday August 3rd 2026 - Friday August 7th 2026
Priority application deadline: Monday March 2nd 2026, 11:59pm PT
Regular application deadline: Friday May 1st 2026, 11:59pm PT
Final application deadline: Monday June 1st 2026, 11:59pm PT
We have a limited number of spots, so admissions are selective.
You can preview the full application on the next page.
Tally will save your responses to the application if you provide the same First Name, Last Name, Email, and Phone number. However, to be safe, we suggest you also save your in-progress application responses.
Note: Please provide your personal email address, NOT your school email address (we may not be able to reach you)
