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A Conversation with Charles K. Whitehead, Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund

by BR Venture Fund | May 15, 2026 | Blog

Charles K. Whitehead is the Myron C. Taylor Alumni Professor of Business Law at Cornell Law School and the Founding Director of the Law, Technology & Entrepreneurship program at Cornell Tech in New York City. At Cornell Law School, he teaches Securities...

An Interview with Annie Ripp, Venture Capital Investor at Antler

by BR Venture Fund | May 4, 2023 | Blog, Industry Interviews

Interviewed by Laura DeMassa, Fund Manager ’22-’23 Antler is not your typical pre-seed venture capital fund. Antler identifies the world’s strongest founders who they believe have the ability to build the world’s next biggest businesses. Antler works with them...

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 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...

An Interview with Ashley Aydin, Principal at VamosVentures

by BR Venture Fund | Feb 2, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

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...
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