Value Added to Portfolio Companies
Access to Cornell
Portfolio companies have access to the resources of Cornell across leading departments in engineering, technology, and medicine. In addition, portfolio companies can capitalize on Cornell’s network of globally renowned subject matter experts.
Business Expertise
With a team of full-time MBA students, BR Venture Fund provides portfolio companies with a vast amount of business expertise from management consultants, investment bankers, venture capitalists, doctors, lawyers and more.
Technical Expertise
BR Venture Fund operates out of Cornell’s main campus in Ithaca and Cornell Tech in New York City. Cornell Tech connects our portfolio companies to a growing network of computer scientists, data scientists, tech-focused MBAs, and hardware gurus.
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BRV invests in U.S.-based early-stage companies across all industries.
Recent News
Interview with Santiago Diaz – Investor, Galaxy Interactive
Big Red Ventures Fund Manager: Rafid Imran Patel The following is an edited excerpt. Rafid: I would love to hear about your journey into VC and what you have done at Galaxy Interactive thus far. Santiago: Prior to Galaxy I was a generalist M&A banker at Evercore...
A Conversation between Nick Schroer, Partner at Trailhead Capital and Mariana Ferreira, Fund Manager, BRV.
A Conversation between Nick Schroer, Partner at Trailhead Capital and Mariana Ferreira, Fund Manager, BRV. Mariana Ferreira: To get us started, can you walk me through your path? What led you to Trailhead, and what were the key inflection points in your journey that...
A Conversation With Matt McGraw, Founder and Managing Partner of Anthropocene Ventures
Ian: Thanks so much for coming to talk with us today, Matt. I want to start by asking you about the name of your fund: Anthropocene. According to Wikipedia, the term Anthropocene describes the current era, or geological epoch, that we’re in. I wanted to ask if there...
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