Echelon Equity is a student-run private equity initiative applying real-world DCF methodology, three-statement modeling, and sector-specific analysis to identify and evaluate investment opportunities.
Echelon Equity is an independent, student-led private equity initiative founded in New York City by George Tetteh and Jonathan Silva. We operate with the methodology of a real investment fund — performing rigorous DCF analyses, building three-statement models, and writing formal investment memos on real companies.
We exist because the gap between finance education and finance practice is too large. Most students graduate without ever building a model from scratch, let alone pitching an investment thesis to a room full of skeptics.
Echelon closes that gap. Our analysts learn by doing — covering real sectors, tracking real deals, and developing the judgment that sets them apart when they walk into their first interview.
Adjust the assumptions below to see how valuation shifts. This is how we think — every assumption deserves scrutiny.
Echelon analysts are selected for intellectual curiosity, commitment to craft, and the willingness to be wrong — then figure out why.
We recruit on a rolling basis — applications are reviewed as they come in and we admit analysts year-round across our coverage sectors.
We are not looking for finance majors. We are looking for people who are genuinely curious about business, relentlessly precise about numbers, and motivated to build something real.
No prior modeling experience is required. Everything technical is taught in-house. What can't be taught is intellectual honesty and the drive to go deeper.