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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Recent News
Big Red Ventures Makes First Investment of 2022-23 in ATDev
Big Red Ventures (BRV), Cornell’s early-stage venture capital fund, is excited to announce its investment in Assistive Technology Development, Inc. (ATDev), a medical device company focused on mobility, marking BRV’s first investment of 2022-23. “ATDev is...
An Interview with Ashley Aydin, Principal at VamosVentures
Ashley Aydin is a Principal at VamosVentures, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in Latinx / diverse founding teams and impact-oriented companies. Ashley started her career at Morgan Stanley in Capital Markets and moved into strategic roles at...
An Interview with Sandiip Bhammer, Founder and Co-Managing Partner of Green Frontier Capital
Sandiip Bhammer, Co-Managing Partner and Founder of Green Frontier Capital (GFC), recently sat down for an interview to discuss the motivations behind starting the fund and the potential for measurable climate impact through investments in India's economy. Sandiip...
An Interview with Mohan Karuppiah, founder and CEO of IppoPay Technologies
Mohan Karuppiah is the founder and CEO of IppoPay Technologies, a payments solutions company headquartered in India. IppoPay, currently, offers full-stack payments solutions to businesses operating in verticals with a large TAM (Total Addressable Market) such as MSME,...