Brian Aoaeh - BlackStars Experience
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Brian Aoaeh

Founder and Managing General Partner
Refashioned Ventures

Brian Aoaeh is a Founder and Managing General Partner of REFASHIOND Ventures: The Industrial Transformation Fund, a pioneering and emerging venture capital fund manager that invests in early-stage startups refashioning legacy industries across Data & AI, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing, and Next Generation Supply Chains.

Since it’s launch in 2021 the fund has backed 69 startups, with many more in its pipeline. He is also a Founder of The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation and The New York Supply Chain Meetup, and is an Adjunct Professor of Supply Chain & Operations Management at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University.

He earned a BA with a double major in Mathematics and Physics from Connecticut College, earned an MBA with a specialization in Financial Instruments and Markets from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, and is a Charter Holding Member of the CFA Institute.

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