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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740
Companies Sourced
$25-50k
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Investments
Featured Blog Posts
A Big VWV Announcement, Nvidia's Manufacturing Plan For Supercomputers, Capital One's Merger with Discover for $35B, and Kodiak to Go Public in a $2.5B SPAC Deal
In this week's Bulletin - Kodiak plans to go public, Trump claims "victory" following Nvidia's announcement to make AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S., and Capital One will merge with Discover!
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.
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.