Value Added to Portfolio Companies

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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.

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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.

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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

Big Red Ventures Makes First Investment of 2022-23 in ATDev

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...

A conversation with Chidozie Ugwumba, Managing Partner at SymBiosis

A conversation with Chidozie Ugwumba, Managing Partner at SymBiosis

Author: Madeline Hall, BRV Fund Manager Madeline: Thank you so much for your time today, it is great to connect again. To kick us off, I’d love it if you’d tell us about your background. Where were you prior to Johnson and how did you get interested in VC? Chidozie:...