Sponsor
Partner with Summit House to support founders and builders at UT Austin. Three packages, with benefits for VC firms and startups.
Access Partner
Targeted access
$7,500
Includes
- 1 event activation.
- 1 office-hours session with Summit founders and builders.
- Partner visibility across the event and supporting materials.
For VC firms
- Event format: choose an Intimate Founder Fireside or Campus Spotlight.
- Curated founder snapshot based on your sector, theme, or stage.
- Thesis-matched introductions to relevant founders.
- One priority fund or portfolio role surfaced, including internships and analyst or associate openings, with fit-based introductions when relevant.
For startups
- Event format: recruiting, engineering, product, or founder-brand programming.
- Jobs and internships surfaced to the Summit network.
- Warm introductions to relevant high-fit builders.
Summit Partner
Semester network
$15,000
Includes
- 2 event touchpoints across intimate and campus-wide formats.
- 2 office-hours sessions with Summit founders and builders.
- Full opt-in Talent & Founder Book refreshed each semester.
- First-call invitations to participate in pitch competitions, hackathons, demo nights, and other flagship Summit events, where relevant.
- Semester-long affiliation and partner recognition.
For VC firms
- Recurring founder introductions when relevant companies begin fundraising.
- Active-thesis recommendations throughout the term.
- Selected roles surfaced throughout the semester for the fund and portfolio companies, with opt-in talent visibility and fit-based warm introductions.
For startups
- Recurring recruiting introductions plus ongoing job and internship distribution.
- Active hiring support with relevant builders surfaced before broader recruiting pushes.
Title Partner
One partner total per semester
$75,000
Includes
- House naming + major physical branding in Summit House.
- 6 programmed events + 1 flagship Summit × Partner event across intimate and campus-wide formats.
- Monthly partner office hours with founders and builders.
- Opt-in Talent & Founder Book plus one private curated dinner.
- Category exclusivity where appropriate and first right to renew.
For VC firms
- Dedicated investment thesis shared with Summit for continuous scouting.
- Customized founder shortlists and private warm introductions.
- Fundraising signals when relevant Summit companies begin raising.
- Private demo / pitch session plus an optional branded fellowship or challenge.
- Dedicated hiring support for agreed priority roles at the fund or selected portfolio companies, with custom opt-in candidate shortlists and direct, fit-based introductions.
For startups
- Priority roles all semester with active identification of relevant builders.
- Custom candidate shortlists and direct warm recruiting introductions.
- Private recruiting dinner + interview day built around active hiring needs.
- Engineering or product challenge, campus employer branding, and an optional Builder Fellowship.
Access is one activation. Summit runs for the semester. Title is limited to one partner total per semester. Candidate information is opt-in; introductions are made where there is a relevant fit.
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