A group of researchers, scholars, and practitioners who share a belief that inclusion is the foundation of our economy.
Curricular structure for students who wish to make entrepreneurship an important part of their intellectual journey at Brown.
Aims to use Brown University’s technology to drive commercial outcomes that benefit the University and society.
A STEM Masters of Science (ScM) degree based in the Brown University School of Engineering.
Explore the variety of entrepreneurial courses you can take at Brown!
The Social Innovation Fellowship provides meaningful community engagement and social innovation experiences for undergraduate students at Brown.
Brown’s day-long conference connecting innovative startups and talented students. Leave with a summer internship offer or full-time job.
Better World by Design is a student-led initiative at Brown and RISD that celebrates the interdisciplinary collaboration between designers, educators, innovators, and learners.
A group of innovators looking to empower women to step outside their comfort zones, turn their big ideas into ventures, and pursue their passions in their professional lives.
FSIcon aims to be the largest, most impactful, most well-known conference of sustainable investing in the United States.
The Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship offers a variety of programs and initiatives, such as our Startup Synapse programs, to support student entrepreneurs in an increasingly interconnected world.
A group of innovators looking to empower women to step outside their comfort zones, turn their big ideas into ventures, and pursue their passions in their professional lives.
Use Hack@Brown as an opportunity to experiment with a new platform, API, or that idea that’s always been in the back of your mind!
A semester-long student-led workshop series designed to challenge students at Brown and RISD to think differently, about innovation and entrepreneurship through weekly classes and design workshops.
Hack@Home is a 4-day virtual hackathon all about exploring the world of computer science from the comfort of your home. The event is organized by Full Stack at Brown.
MassChallenge Rhode Island works directly with local leaders to connect entrepreneurs to a powerful community of resources across the Ocean state and along the Eastern Seaboard.
Contrary is a venture fund backed by the world's most iconic entrepreneurs, including founders of Tesla and Reddit, that identifies and invests in top early-career talent.
Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab) is Brown University’s premier 8-week summer accelerator program for Brown and RISD students developing high-impact ventures. Their goals are to educate world-class entrepreneurs and to foster the development of new ventures that are creating high-impact and scalable solutions to serious problems.
Envision is a virtual accelerator for women and/or people of color who are currently in college. Their goal is to diversify the entrepreneurship and venture world by providing grant funding, hands-on workshops, resources, mentorship, and individualized support for those who are working on a company.
The Dorm Room Fund Female Founder’s Track holds six sessions over the summer, where they help women scale their projects, and equip them with the skills to raise their first capital.
Dorm Room Fund’s Blueprint Project is a 9-week program in New York City supporting underrepresented founders of color.
The Community Lab (Co-Lab) is a community of Brown and RISD student entrepreneurs developing new ventures that are creating high-impact and scalable solutions to a diverse range of problems.
Social Enterprise Greenhouse creates positive social and economic impact by providing social entrepreneurs and enterprises with the tools and networks they need to thrive.
YC Startup School is a free online program and global community of founders.
CIC provides space, resources, connections and support to the world’s most promising innovators.
Venture Cafe New England, now as Innovation Studio, is an inclusive 501(c)(3) non-profit and the leader in offering free innovation services, through a constellation of virtual and physical community spaces.
The Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program for young people who want to build new things. Thiel Fellows skip or stop out of college to receive a $100,000 grant and support from the Thiel Foundation’s network of founders, investors, and scientists.
1517 Fund is a venture capital firm backing founders at the earliest stages of their careers and companies.
The $50k Brown Venture Prize is designed to empower the most advanced entrepreneurial ventures by Brown students. It supports teams who have identified a significant opportunity, and whose ventures have the potential to create impact at scale.
Grants for student-entrepreneurs compiled into one place by Brown University.
Grants for student-entrepreneurs compiled into one place by Brown University.
The Maker Grants are funds, up to $500, to support individuals or groups of students in design projects not supported elsewhere in the University.
The 8VC Fellowship is an immersive 3-month internship program that places undergraduate students into the world's most innovative startups.
Kleiner Perkins Fellows accepts students to be Engineering Fellows, Design Fellows, and Product Fellows. They are open to undergraduates, and sometimes even graduates, from a variety of majors, and help connect them to startups as well as hold program-wide activities.
Bessemer Fellows places students with some of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world to acquire invaluable work experience and access to mentors, industry professionals and the Bessemer Fellows community.
Contrary is a venture fund backed by the world's most iconic entrepreneurs, including founders of Tesla and Reddit, that identifies and invests in top early-career talent.
CoLab connects organizations to shape technology’s impact on the world. CoLab membership focuses on research & design across an evolving list of emerging technologies, global trends, and business challenges. They start with an organization’s hard problems and create experience prototypes that look 12+ months ahead of market.
The Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship — in conjunction with BrownConnect — connect students to startup internships all over the world.
Intern From Home connects students with companies for virtual internships.
Brown Entrepreneurship Program (Brown EP) is the main student entrepreneurship initiative at Brown University.
With interests ranging from entrepreneurship and history, to design and technology, BRIC brings together students from Brown and RISD.
Design@Brown aims to bring design education to the Brown community and curriculum.
RISD E’Ship is a design-driven entrepreneurship organization. As a network of student-leaders, faculty mentors, and passionate alumni, E’Ship supports and guides students pursuing business ventures within art and design.
Design for America is an idea incubator, a way of approaching complex challenges, and a life-long community of learners. DFA shapes the next generation of social innovators.
Better World by Design is a student-led initiative at Brown and RISD that celebrates the interdisciplinary collaboration between designers, educators, innovators, and learners.
The RISD chapter of IDSA seeks to broaden and enrich the design process for industrial design majors and other majors alike. IDSA is currently working to expose students to various professional and interdisciplinary fields to help them find the opportunities that best fit their strengths. By hosting panels, company visits, and workshops, IDSA has been providing opportunities for students to get more in-depth connections with company representatives of their curiosity and interests.
Full Stack at Brown is a Brown University club dedicated to promoting software engineering. Members complete pro-bono projects for other Brown University clubs and members of the Brown community.
STEAM is a student-led effort to ignite communications between disparate fields in academia, business, and thought.
Dorm Room Fund Investor Partners discover and back the best student founders as a member of their investment team.
Unshackled Ventures is the first and only early-stage venture capital fund for immigrant founders. Besides investing in immigrants, they also sponsor visas & green cards to enable immigrants to spend 100% of their time building companies.
Dorm Room Fund’s Blueprint Investor Track is a 6-week masterclass aimed at supporting the next generation of diverse venture investors.
.406 Ventures backs market-leading companies in their focus sectors while being helpful, honest, and responsive.
Rough Draft Ventures is a world-class team of students whose goal is to empower student founders through capital, a strong network of investors, operators, and mentors, and a community of like-minded innovators.
Contrary is a venture fund backed by the world's most iconic entrepreneurs, including founders of Tesla and Reddit, that identifies and invests in top early-career talent.
Van Wickle Ventures (VWV) is a student-run venture fund that invests across all stages in Brown and RISD-affiliated companies.
The Dorm Room FUnd is a student-run venture fund backed by First Round. They provide founders with a strong network of investors, world-class mentors, and a $20,000 check.
Contrary is a venture fund backed by the world's most iconic entrepreneurs, including founders of Tesla and Reddit, that identifies and invests in top early-career talent.
Rough Draft Ventures is a student team building and empowering one of the largest networks of student founders.
Pear VC helps students lay the foundations of a defensible, category-defining company.
Van Wickle Ventures (VWV) is a student-run venture fund that invests across all stages in Brown and RISD-affiliated companies.
Brown Angel Group is a global network of 420+ Brown University alumni angel investors who have come together to support early-stage startups founded by Brown University alumni through capital, connections and community.
Waterman Ventures is a smart, simple way for Brown alums and friends of the community to add venture capital to their portfolio.
Unshackled Ventures is the first and only early-stage venture capital fund for immigrant founders. Besides investing in immigrants, they also sponsor visas & green cards to enable immigrants to spend 100% of their time building companies.