Fishwife

Aayush is an Investor at Insight Partners, focusing on opportunities at the intersection of health and bio. While at Brown, he combined entrepreneurship and research, serving as Co-External Managing Director of Van Wickle Ventures and mentoring student founders through the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship. He also held roles as an Investment Analyst at MagpieX MedTech Accelerator and built post-investment management pipelines for VWV’s portfolio. Alongside his venture work, Aayush conducted computational neuroscience and machine learning research at Rhode Island Hospital, studying deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s patients and surgical outcomes in the Spinal Outcomes Lab, and served as a teaching assistant in both linear algebra and medical innovation.

At Brown, Sujith studied Computer Science-Economics and Biology. Sujith is passionate about all things biology, whether it’s start-up biotechnology companies or conducting biological research. Sujith has spent time growing fungal materials in a biology lab at NASA and, on campus, walso also a Project Lead for the Collegiate Consulting Club and a member of Brown Badmaash and Tempo Performance Company. In his free time, you can find Sujith learning trending TikTok dances or playing volleyball.

At Brown, Ben studied computer science and co-led Van Wickle Ventures, the university’s student-run venture fund, where he sourced and led early investments in companies like Fishwife, Quiltt, Ghia, and Apprenta. He also co-founded Brown’s first undergraduate long/short fund, backed by Steven A. Cohen, and served as Co-President of Brown Investment Group. During his summers, Ben worked across finance and technology — from enterprise strategy at Capital One to software engineering at Axonius in Tel Aviv. He also gained early-stage experience as a Fellow at J-Ventures and built sales and product skills at Rocket Alumni Solutions. Today, Ben is an Investor at Insight Partners, focusing on diligence and growth strategy.

At Brown, Sunav concentrated in Applied Mathematics–Computer Science. He’s worked in credit investing at D. E. Shaw and in early-stage, data-infrastructure investing at Race Capital. He is returning to D.E. Shaw to work full time, and in his free time he’s interested in history, football, and the environment.

Viktor is an Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Apex Group. From Brown, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics-Economics with a focus on Mathematical Finance. Outside the classroom, Viktor helped lead Van Wickle Ventures, BIG, and was an active Teaching Assistant across the MATH/ECON/ENGN departments.

Bailing is a junior from Seattle concentrating in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. As the President of his high school math club, Bailing led the organization of an applied math contest for local middle school students, and at Brown, he is leading the Organizers Team of the Brown University Math Olympiad (BrUMO) to host Brown’s first-ever math competition for high school students. Bailing also participates in Rubik’s Cube speedsolving competitions, having held 3 Canadian national records and a career-high world rank of 22. In his free time, Bailing enjoys playing tennis with his friends or practicing piano at Lindemann and Steinert.