Tom Schryver

Biography

Tom Schryver teaches entrepreneurship and venture capital at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, where he serves as the David J. BenDaniel Faculty Advisor for BR Ventures. An entrepreneur and angel investor who has served as a startup founder and senior executive of high-growth companies, Schryver has structured new companies and raised capital in the form of private venture capital and venture debt, as well as grants and loans from local, state, and federal agencies. Previously, he was an investment banker and institutional investor, leading a private family foundation to top-quartile investment returns.

In addition to teaching at Johnson, Schryver serves as the executive director of the Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA), part of Cornell’s Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. In that role, he directs the National Science Foundation-funded IN I-Corps Hub and is the Hub’s lead instructor and serves on the NSF I-Corps Hub Council. At CREA, he oversees a portfolio of programs that help people start and grow new businesses, including the IN I-Corps Hub, Rev: Ithaca Startup Works and the Southern Tier Startup Alliance; and Grow-NY, Empire State Development’s $1M food and ag innovation competition.

Schryver serves as chair of the Business Incubator Association of New York State, on the boards of Tompkins County Area Development, Britnell Ventures, Fig Medical, and sits on the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council, where he co-chairs its innovation working group.

Schryver has an AB from Cornell University and an MBA from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he was a recipient of the Albert J. Fried Fellowship for Leadership and Academic Excellence. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Education

MBA Cornell University, 2002
BA Cornell University, 1993