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We're a student-run venture fund investing across all stages in Brown-affiliated companies.

Van Wickle Ventures's mission is to support entrepreneurs on College Hill and beyond while democratizing VC education. Inspired by the characteristically Brown spirit of innovation, VWV backs the university’s most groundbreaking students, faculty, and alumni.

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Featured Blog Posts

Consumer Retail and AI - Venture for All + Meet Insight Partners

In this week's bulletin - OpenAI's New $500 Billion Valuation + New Payment Checkout, Starbucks Plan, Nike's Comeback, and Meet Insight Partners!

Bulletin #80

Analyst-in-Training Roman Novy-Marx on AI and Sustainability

In our latest Volume, Roman discusses the hidden costs of technological progress and how AI is reshaping our understanding of sustainability.

Volume #35

The Right Way to Think About Generative AI

In the second installation of our Deep Dive series, we take a closer look at the hype around generative AI and argue that investors may not be thinking about opportunities in GenAI in the right way.

Deep Dive #2