Brown Venture Group
Minneapolis-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018, investing in technology companies led by Black, Latino, Indigenous, and under-resourced founders, with training, networks, and technology transfer programming.
Brown Venture Group is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm invests in technology companies founded by Black, Latino, and Indigenous entrepreneurs and other under-resourced founders, providing capital alongside training and networks intended to help those businesses launch and scale.
The firm's mandate combines investment with commercialisation activity. Beyond direct early-stage capital, Brown Venture Group works in technology commercialisation and technology transfer, including programming connected to NASA that supports pathways for entrepreneurs to bring technology to market. Its stated focus areas include early-stage technology investment and innovation programming, reflecting an approach that treats access to capital as one component of a broader founder-support model.
Brown Venture Group frames its work as an effort to expand access to transformational capital for overlooked entrepreneurs and to unlock market potential that conventional funding has underserved. The team brings experience operating, launching, and scaling technology businesses. The firm's stated vision is that fully funded Black and Brown technology startups can launch, scale, and reinvest in their communities.