Submit Your Pitch Deck

Are you a founder or executive connected to the Cornell ecosystem? We want to hear from you!

We invest exclusively in companies founded or managed by the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Cornell University.

We invest in companies across all industries and stages. We look for companies that have great teams, defensible technology, commercial traction, and investors and/or advisors that are experts in their industry.

Please fill out this form and include a blurb about you and your company. Please also upload your pitch deck or include a link to it with the blurb.

We’ll respond quickly and reach out to schedule an introductory call to learn more.

We look forward to hearing from you!

RBV Process

If RBV decides to move forward, we would do this as an SPV that we present to the RBV community (~3.5k people). We use AngelList's platform to coordinate our SPVs. This is a private syndicate and we/you control all the info that's put in front of the community and the syndicate. AngelList handles all the wiring, admin, accreditation, etc. The way AngelList works, at a minimum, we need to share your valuation, investment memo, and company presentation with the syndicate. Just wanted you to be aware that any individual that joins the syndicate will see this information.

Here's how our SPV process works:

  • The RBV community receives high-level materials on a potential investment and a link to a 60 min webinar with the company

  • The SPV investment link (AngelList hosted) is then distributed post webinar, including minimum investment amount and close date

  • If an RBV member decides to join the RBV syndicate (via AngelList) for a potential investment, they will get access to company valuation, pitch deck, and investment memo

  • For the memo, we will request standard diligence data/info: b-model, traction & pipeline, key metrics, market size, competitive landscape, PMF, GTM strategy, tech & product demo/info, team bios, financials, key assumptions, unit economics, and risks.

  • Potential investors typically have 2-4 weeks to ask RBV follow-up questions and make their investment decision

  • All SPV accreditations, accounting, and taxes are handled by AngelList

  • The investment shows up as single line on your cap table (i.e. "RBV SPV xyz")

  • RBV typically charges 20% carried interest and a one-time management fee of 5% (equivalent to 0.5%/year for 10 years), all borne by the investor