Please welcome our BVIP Darden Summer Interns

We are beyond excited to welcome three rising second year students at Darden as interns here at CAV. They are all interning at CAV through the Batten Venture Internship Program (BVIP).

IV Hendrix joins CAV Angels as Chief of Staff. Before attending Darden, IV worked for a public affairs firm in Washington, D.C., where he led communications campaigns on behalf of clients in the healthcare, agriculture, and technology industries. IV is passionate about entrepreneurship and is excited to deepen his knowledge of early-stage investment.

Madhvi Menon as our Strategic Operations Intern this summer. Madhvi has a background in strategy consulting and entrepreneurship. Prior to Darden, she worked at Alvarez & Marsal in Dubai, advising clients across healthcare, government, and logistics, and later launched a home fragrance venture rooted in the Middle East’s deep cultural appreciation for scent. She was drawn to CAV Angels for its mission to support UVA-affiliated founders and saw the internship as a way to bridge her passion for strategic thinking with early-stage innovation. This summer, she’s excited to help build scalable systems that support the firm’s growth while learning more about the inner workings of angel investing.

Eric Wootten as our Special Projects and Due Diligence MBA Associate this summer. Eric is a Darden Jefferson Fellow. Before Darden, he served as a naval officer and engineer on nuclear-powered submarines. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in Honors Systems Engineering and completing the Navy Nuclear Power Training Pipeline, he deployed on multiple top-secret missions in the Indo-Pacific on the USS TEXAS. He also directly supervised the initial construction, nuclear testing, and initial sea trials of the USS DELAWARE, the Navy's newest type of fast-attack submarine. Most recently, he served as an Assistant Professor of Naval Science at the University of San Diego and San Diego State, teaching engineering and applied physics. He is passionate about entrepreneurship and investing in early-stage innovation.