Big Red Ventures (BRV) is an early-stage venture capital fund operated entirely by a team of MBA students and other Graduate Students at Cornell University. Founded in 2001, BRV is one of the oldest student-run venture funds. BRV typically invests up to $25,000 in U.S.-based high-growth companies across all industries. Initially funded by donations to Cornell University, BRV is a true evergreen fund, recycling all proceeds for reinvestment. Along with investing start-up capital in promising new companies, BRV also serves as the gateway to Cornell technologies by providing its investment partners unique access to new innovations.
Northwest Social Venture Fund was founded in 2012, as a Grand Challengesstartup accelerator and impact investing fund, bringing venture capital standards into the social enterprise sector, to create powerful social businesses that solve humanitarian problems. Its mission is to alleviate global suffering through scalable social entrepreneurship & impact investing, with a special emphasis on technology and business solutions developed in the West Coast of the U.S. and East Africa.