Weinstock Student Venture Investment Fund

Have an idea you're ready to turn into a business?

The Weinstock Student Venture Investment Fund is specifically designed to help York College students take their business from idea to implementation. Through funding, education, mentorship and access to angel investors, students will get all the resources they need to think like an entrepreneur and make their business a reality, all while still enrolled in school!

Here's how it works:

York College students interested in applying to the fund can expect to go through 3 steps:

Step 1: Apply, pitch, and if selected, receive seed funding (up to $5,000!)
Step 2: Participate in the J.D. Brown Center Spartan Accelerator to help your
business get off the ground
Step 3: Potential to receive additional funding

Please stay tuned for the next iteration of the Weinstock Student Venture Investment Fund!

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About the Fund

The Weinstock Student Venture Investment Fund (WSVIF) was founded and funded by York College alumni Norm Weinstock '58. Norm earned his Associate degree from York Junior College, and has since enjoyed lengthy, successful careers at both Dentsply International and Henry Schein.

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Last Year's Winner

“I am genuinely grateful for all the help offered and opportunities given to me through the Weinstock Student Venture Investment Fund. The biggest thing that I learned was that you can learn so much by being vulnerable and asking for help.” - Benbruno Nkapbela

Meet the Board

The executive board of the WSVIF consists of its founder and a number of successful entrepreneurs and College staff who all wish to see students succeed in entrepreneurship while still attending school.


Norm Weinstock '58 Retired President and Chairman, Zahn Dental Company	Patti Stirk '87/'99 President and CEO, Star Systems Engineering, Inc. d/b/a SMALL STAR Art House	Stephen Weinstock Owner, Stock's on 2nd Serial Restaurateur


Brent Wrisley CEO, Punch Cyber Analytics Group	Jeff Vermeulen Assistant Vice President of External Relations, York College	Oscar Winters '14 Associate Director, J.D. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship

J.D. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship

Jeff Vermeulen, Executive Director
Grantley Hall, Room 127
Phone: 717.815.6601
jvermeul@ycp.edu
Hours:
8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Oscar Winters, Associate Director
Kings Mill Depot, Room 105
717.815.6639
owinters@ycp.edu

Kings Mill Depot is located on Kings Mill Road between Grantley Road and S. Penn Street.