Entrepreneurship@Johnson
VCs in Virtual Residence
Entrepreneurship@Johnson has assembled a group of alums in the venture capital field to be "VCs in Virtual Residence". Members of this group are active VCs who are willing to talk with Cornell affiliated people (students, alums, faculty and staff) about their businesses and business ideas. This should not be seen as an opportunity to pitch to a VC for funding. Rather, it is an opportunity to vet your business or business idea with a VC investment professional and hopefully get some meaningful feedback. Participating firms include the following:
| Firm | Area of Expertise |
|---|---|
| Oxford Bioscience | life sciences and biotechnology |
| Lux Capital | novel materials, high throughput materials discovery, memory, semiconductors, solid state lighting, alternative energy, water purification, chemical separations/waste remediation, nuclear energy and drug delivery, water |
| Paladin Capital Group | greentech, IT, nanotech, and some medtech (no biotech) |
| Trident Capital | IT and clean tech |
| Element Partners | clean tech and renewable energy |
| New Atlantic Ventures | smartPhone apps, new media/ad spend optimization, viral websites, and IT-based capital efficient business |
| Castile Ventures | software-as-a-service (SaaS), Internet commerce, and digital media |
| Matrix Partners | emerging technologies, energy, chips, and systems |
| DFJ Gotham | digital media (including advertising), financial technology, e-commerce, software, network infrastructure, mobile |
| Court Square Ventures | digital media, communications, IT |
| Mohr Davidow Ventures | digital media, IT, cleantech, and life sciences |
| Clearstone Venture Partners | internet enabled business and consumer services |
| Navigant Ventures | software and tech-enabled services |
| HealthCare Ventures | biotechnology; drug development (small molecule, biologic, etc., in any therapeutic area) |
| Voyager Capital | IT-software, Digital media and wireless |
| Canaan Partners | technology (digital media, communications, enterprise & cleantech, power/energy, networking & semiconductor devices) and healthcare (pharma, devices & diagnostics) |
| Passport Capital | food, beverages, agriculture and renewable energy |
| Charles River Ventures | alternative energy and information technologies |
| QuestMark Partners | semiconductors, clean tech, internet, enterprise software, enterprise hardware, healthcare (implantable medical devices) |
| Sopris Capital Associates | healthcare services and technology services |
If you would like an introduction to the particular VC at one of the firms listed above, please contact Zach Shulman, Director, Entrepreneurship@Johnson, at zjs2@cornell.edu.
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