This is the first portion of your application. Build a fund, source deals, win term sheets. Enter your LinkedIn, play through the game, and application instructions will be revealed at the end.
Link your LinkedIn, play through a simulated VC career, and walk away knowing exactly where your edge is — before Path Ventures does.
Enter your LinkedIn URL to start. This isn't anonymous play — your score maps to your real profile as part of the application.
Source deals, run diligence, win competitive term sheets, market the portfolio, manage LP expectations, and build firm brand. All in retro 90s arcade glory.
After Phase 2, you unlock your full archetype profile — Fox, Hawk, Dolphin, Bear, Owl, or Shark. Plus your application instructions from Path Ventures.
No resume review, no cover letter. You play six disciplines and your scores show Path Ventures exactly where your edge is — and where it isn't.
Can they find deals before anyone else? Speed, pattern recognition, network activation.
Can they separate signal from noise? Financial analysis, market sizing, founder assessment.
Can they close competitive rounds? Term sheet strategy, relationship leverage, timing.
Can they amplify their portfolio? Storytelling, media strategy, ecosystem positioning.
Can they manage their backers? Reporting cadence, expectation setting, transparency under pressure.
Can they build a fund identity? Thesis clarity, founder magnetism, market perception.
Path Ventures wants to know how you actually think — not just where you went to school. Your gameplay is your application. Application instructions drop after Phase 2.