Red Bear Angels

Red Bear Angels is an angel investment network for founders and investors with a Cornell University affiliation. It connects Cornell-affiliated startups with accredited investors who bring capital, expertise and network connections, and traces its start to 2012, when a group of Cornell alumni venture capitalists and Cornell Board of Trustee Emeriti set it up. The network invests in companies with a clear Cornell connection through a founder, co-founder or C-suite executive, and considers select opportunities referred by its members. It typically invests from seed through Series A in US-based companies, and coordinates due diligence and logistics on behalf of both founders and investors. Its portfolio, according to the network, includes notable exits such as Lyft, Trumid, GrokStyle and Datalogue. Red Bear Angels is based in Ithaca, New York, and states that it is independent and not officially endorsed by Cornell University.