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StaffOnTap Named Winner of BenDaniel Venture Challenge 

by BR Venture Fund | Apr 25, 2023 | Uncategorized

Kayla Wooley, MBA ’22, founder of StaffOnTap, was tabbed the winner of Big Red Ventures’ annual BenDaniel Venture Challenge (BVC), held on April 13 in the Statler Amphitheater during Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration.  Named after the late Cornell...

An Interview with John Lee, Partner at Jazz Ventures

by BR Venture Fund | Apr 25, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

Could you please describe your path to venture capital, beginning at Cornell and ultimately ending up at JAZZ Venture Partners? At Cornell, I studied life sciences, focusing on computational biology. Most of my background was in the lab and centered around science and...

An Interview with Peter Oriaifo, Principal at Oui Capital

by BR Venture Fund | Mar 30, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

Peter is a Principal at Oui Capital, a pan-African VC Fund headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. He joined in 2019 and then again in 2022 after his MBA at Tuck. Prior to VC, Peter spent most of his career as an investment banker in the U.S. – focused on financial...

An Interview with Sarah Fox, Associate at Windham Venture Partners

by BR Venture Fund | Mar 7, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

Sarah Fox is a Senior Associate at Windham Venture Partners, a venture fund investing in healthcare technology companies. Ms. Fox regularly sources deals, assesses opportunities, and supports portfolio companies. Her time at Windham follows time studying at Cornell...

An Interview with Sushant Shenoy, Principal with the Dubai Future District Fund

by BR Venture Fund | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

Sushant is a Principal with the Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the evergreen venture capital fund of funds of Dubai, anchored by the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) and the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF). Sushant received his BS from Indiana University’s...

An interview with Dr. Kneeland Youngblood, Founding Partner, Chairman, and CEO at Pharos Capital Group.

by BR Venture Fund | Feb 13, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

An interview with Kneeland Youngblood MD, Founding Partner, Chairman, and CEO at Pharos Capital Group. Dr. Youngblood is an accomplished physician, board director, statesman, and private equity investor. In this interview with Ikenna Nwafor, Dr. Youngblood discusses...
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