Forge x Gradient Ventures

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Forge X Gradient Ventures

The Forge intern program finds the next generation of tech builders, trains them in high-demand skills, and places them in demanding internships at awesome startup and tech companies.

We find the best of the best so you don't have to.
7% of our 2,000 applications were accepted in 2022. Our proprietary vetting process identifies students who will excel in high-growth, fast-paced, outcome-driven environments. Through our rigorous vetting process and skills training, we develop a deep understanding of each candidate to help you find the best fit for your company.

250+

company partners since 2016

9.4/10

average intern quality rating from employers

96%

of Launch 2021 partners plan to hire with us again

We train our interns for 160+ hours before they show up at your door.

We built Launch to make interns actually useful. We teach our top students in-demand skills through our proven intensive training program so they're ready to contribute on day 1.

Data
Science

Advanced predictive analysis and visualization

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Software Engineering

Full-stack software development

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Digital Marketing

Full-stack online marketing and content creation

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UX
Design

User experience and interface design

See training curriculum

Available Junior+Senior Candidates

take a look at our available candidates below, if you would like to be connected with any of the candidates, click the "request info" button

If you have interest in seeing all of our available candidates, you can view them via our portal here.

Have questions?

Reach out!
andy@joinforge.co

Who runs this program?
Launch is a program of Forge, a 501(c)(3) non-profit school closely partnered with the University of Virginia. We teach critical modern skills to our large, highly-engaged student community of rising tech talent. Our partnerships with top professors, centers of excellence, and student organizations enable us to find and accelerate the best of the best.

How does Forge make money?
Students pay us back for their tuition and placement after their internship. Students love this model, as it enables them to invest in their future while keeping our high-impact training and job experience accessible. Our nonprofit donors enable us to keep tuition drastically less than students' earnings and drastically lower than the cost of comparable programs.

Our Partners Love Us

"[Our intern] is frickin KILLER. He is as good as you said he would be. This kid is whip smart and picking concepts up really, really quickly. There's world-changing product just around the corner."

Oliver Beavers, Trivium Financial

I've found both of our interns to be both incredibly motivated and motivating. The pace of work is impressive.

Tara Faust, Maternity Neighborhood

Our three interns are AWESOME. The output for the short amount of time they've had is incredible. I love them.

Derek Mansfield, Local Food Entrepreneur

Alex has been doing great. He's been critical in a couple client presentations we've done recently and has really busted his butt all summer. We've been very happy with his work.

Rich Holohan, Logistics Capital and Strategy

Leonardo made significant contributions to the growth of the LawIQ marketing funcation, in just 9 weeks, he helped create and launch two campaings, lead a company-wide brand evaluation, developed an analytics dashboard to integrate performace metrics, and provided critical support to marketing automation software implementation.

Craig Heilman, LawIQ

Lauren has been doing a great job. She's done some amazing research for us and I have been impressed with her initiative. Honestly, I have nothing but good things to say about Lauren so far. Not 100% if y'all give out gold stars, but she deserves one.

Jake Ellenburg, X-Mode Social

We have very high standards when it comes to both work ethic and produced work. I rarely find anyone that I feel comfortable letting take on a project independently, in place of me. However, after working with Emmet, I think that his knowledge, attention to detail, thoroughness, and dedication to producing a high quality product have made letting him fully take on projects easy.

Chastity Lacy, UVA Community Credit Union

The Analytics team has already benefitted from having Peter join the squad and he is barely two weeks in!

Emily McCracken, AllyAlign Health

Emily has been a fantastic addition to our team this summer. I can't even begin to count the number of times she's taken initiative to provide helpful insight, suggest a solution or even execute on an idea or concept.

Christopher Houston, X-Mode Social

Wynne is really picking up things well. I've got her in the weeds on a ton of stuff I would not have expected her to get up to speed on at this point in the summer. She's been communicative, and almost inconveniently quick at getting her work done.

Alex H, Thinking With Tools

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About Forge (formerly HackCville)

Forge is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that prepares students with the modern skills they need to make an impact in the world. Each year, over 1,000 students learn things like design, marketing, and data science through our fun, engaging, community-driven projects and programs. We strive to empower students to realize their own potential while creating opportunities for them to make an impact for good.

In turn, we provide talent to 200+ tech companies, startups, and nonprofits across the country. Our home is our clubhouse near the University of Virginia, but our broader network of 2,000+ spans the globe. More about us →

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