# Big Red Ventures

> Big Red Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ithaca, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/br-venture-fund/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/brventurefund
- Website: http://www.brventurefund.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brventurefund/

Big Red Ventures is a VC fund in Ithaca focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. BR Ventures (BRV) is Cornell's student-run venture capital fund, providing a vital connection between intellectual properties and needed financial resources by infusing venture capital and business expertise into promising Cornell and local startups. The Fund provides seed capital, typically ranging between $50,000 and $200,000, to selectedbusinesses. Over its lifetime, BRV will invest up to $10,000,000 in business entities, most of which will be sourced through the extended Cornell community. BRV is funded by donations to the University and returns are used to create a growing pool of investment capital and build the endowment.The Fund has undertaken several initiatives to facilitate the commercialization of Cornell technology and to expand the scope of entrepreneurship throughout the extended Cornell community. These initiatives include the $25,000 Cornell Venture Challenge, partnering with Cornell's technology transfer office-CCTEC, participation in the Cornell Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club's annual symposium, working to build a strong relationship with Entrepreneurship@Cornell, and developing an extensive network among alumni. BRV has also developed informal relationships with a number of unaffiliated later stage venture capital firms and incubators.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Big Red Ventures. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Big Red Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/br-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 35% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 30% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 17% |
| Medical | 3 | 13% |
| Computer | 3 | 13% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 43% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 13% |
| Grant | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 87% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Campbell | Fund Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-campbell |
| Richmond Holden | Fund Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richmond-holden |
| Sumved Sharma | Fund Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumved-sharma |
| Margaret Wu | Fund Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/margaret-wu |
| Margaret Wu | Fund Manager | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/margaret-wu-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elm AI | SaaS platform that simplifies the ESG certification process for businesses, so they are certification-ready in weeks, not months. | $25K | Grant | Apr 12, 2024 |  |
| Riley | Riley is an artificial intelligence-powered personal assistant. It is used by salespeople to create contacts and store information for them, ready for whenever they need it, taking the work out of working with their CRM. As a result, they can close more deals and build genuine relationships. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Concertio | Concertio is a premier provider of AI-powered performance optimization tools for the hardware and software markets. It also provides AI-powered performance optimization tools that boost the performance of computing systems by tailoring the many system settings in processors, firmware, OS and applications to the running workloads.The company toolsare used by the likes of Intel, Marvell, and Mellanox to boost the performance of a multitude of devices and applications, turning general-purpose systems into high-performant special-purpose systems. The optimizer studio integrates performance optimization software suite that monitors (and learns from) the interactions between applications and systems, to deliver optimal configuration settings for peak performance.Concertio was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY, USA. | $4.2M | Seed | Apr 02, 2020 |  |
| Flip CX | The holy grail of customer service is high quality affordable phone support. Previously? Impossible. Now? Easy. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2018 |  |
| HUE.AI | The world's first Artificial Intelligence product designer for the optical and medical industry. HUE.AI, through it's parent Cyborg Industries, has developed proprietary technology that combines machine learning with the scientific insights of chemistry, optics and materials to understand and optimize human visual acuity and colorperception. Our proprietary software, MAIDAS, is the world's first AI system for optical performance and cosmetic appeal - pushing the boundaries of ophthalmic lenses, coatings, intraocular lenses, contacts and more. To find out what AI can do for you, request a meeting - https://www.hueai.com/contactWith three products ready to be licensed, HUE.AI, is the next generation of optics. Take a look at our.... Color Vision Deficiency Correction Lens (Color Blindness) - https://www.hueai.com/cvd Blue-Light Blocking Lens - https://www.hueai.com/blue-block Progressive Lens - https://www.hueai.com/progressiveAt Cyborg Industries, our mission is to improve lives through developing re-imagined vision and color products. We are taking the same Artificial Intelligence that is transforming industries like space exploration, robotics, and medical science into the optical industry. | $1.2M | Seed | Jul 30, 2018 |  |
| Repairogen | Repairogen is developing premium anti-aging skincare ingredients and products based on a platform technology invented at an ivy-league medical research institution. Products incorporating its proprietary and scientifically proven technology will provide customers with healthier and younger-looking skin.It was founded in 2012 and headquartered inNew York, United States. | $1M | Seed | Sep 16, 2017 |  |
| Datalogue | Datalogue is a group of computer scientists, business leaders and designers with a passion for data but frustrated with the amount of work that it takes to prepare data experiments. They build data products that make our own lives as data scientists easier. They promise to always provide you with an unparalleled experience as you embark on yournext data project. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 02, 2017 |  |
| Concertio | Concertio is a premier provider of AI-powered performance optimization tools for the hardware and software markets. It also provides AI-powered performance optimization tools that boost the performance of computing systems by tailoring the many system settings in processors, firmware, OS and applications to the running workloads.The company toolsare used by the likes of Intel, Marvell, and Mellanox to boost the performance of a multitude of devices and applications, turning general-purpose systems into high-performant special-purpose systems. The optimizer studio integrates performance optimization software suite that monitors (and learns from) the interactions between applications and systems, to deliver optimal configuration settings for peak performance.Concertio was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY, USA. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| TeraPore Technologies | TeraPore's cutting edge technology facilitates rapid and efficient purification of biological fluids. Combining uniform pores with large pore densities enables purification of high-value products with fast processing times. Please contact us for more information. |  | Seed | Jun 30, 2016 |  |
| TetraScience | TetraScience is the Scientific Data and AI Company building Tetra OS, the operating system for scientific intelligence. Tetra OS integrates the Data Foundry, Use Case Factory, Tetra AI, and Sciborgs into a single, AI-native platform. Together, these capabilities turn fragmented scientific data and workflows into governed, reusable, and compoundingintelligence across discovery, development, and manufacturing. TetraScience is trusted by leading biopharma organizations and ecosystem partners including NVIDIA, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Databricks, Snowflake, Google, and Microsoft. For information, visit tetrascience.com. |  |  | Jun 14, 2016 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Abundance Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abundance-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anzu Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anzu-partner) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bloomberg Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bloomberg-beta) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brooklyn Bridge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooklyn-bridge-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cayuga Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cayuga-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cornell Tech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cornelltech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Big Red Ventures invest in?

Big Red Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Big Red Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Big Red Ventures?

The team at Big Red Ventures includes Jim Campbell (Fund Manager), Richmond Holden (Fund Manager) and Sumved Sharma (Fund Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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