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Grub Ventures
Grub Ventures is an entrepreneurial network at Cornell University focused on venture capital, food security, and social impact. It promotes education and partnerships in the food and agriculture sectors.
Overview
What Grub Ventures does
What Grub Ventures is
Grub Ventures is an entrepreneurial network at Cornell University focused on venture capital, food security, and social impact. It promotes education and partnerships in the food and agriculture sectors.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 8, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Grub Ventures as a community
Community overview
Grub Ventures is an undergraduate venture capital organization based at Cornell University, founded to create impact in the food and agriculture industry. The organization partners with startups and venture capital firms to support sustainable innovation within the consumer packaged goods (CPG), ag-tech, and food systems sectors. Grub Ventures aims to expose its analysts to real-world projects while providing education in venture capital fundamentals.
Community focus
Grub Ventures focuses on investing in and supporting startups within the food and agriculture sectors, particularly in sustainable innovation. The organization collaborates with various partners to provide services such as startup sourcing, due diligence, and consulting.
Member value
Members gain exposure to real-world projects in the food and agriculture sectors, along with education in venture capital fundamentals.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- cohort-based
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community and course
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Sectors
- Food & Agriculture
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Notable members
Grub Ventures has partnered with several notable organizations in the food and agriculture space, including Love Corn, Curious Elixirs, Jack & Friends Jerky, AgFunder, Propagate Ventures, Acre Venture Partners, and Big Idea Ventures.
Common questions
What to know about Grub Ventures
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
April 8, 2026
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