Since turning in the top performance in every measurable and securing best overall score in the VLAIR Legal AI Report, Counsel Stack has spent the days since the study's release sharing how it scored best in accuracy, authoritativeness and appropriateness. "Counsel Stack's win across all metrics reflects genuine superiority in the criteria that matter: substantive accuracy, citation quality, and legal authoritativeness. This wasn't a self-reported benchmark or a controlled de

Counsel Stack, the Pittsburgh-born startup and Brown and White Ventures portfolio company, outperformed every other legal AI startup to enter the nation's foremost independent legal research survey. Those results were reported in the Vals Legal AI Report (VLAIR), which extended its original survey and evaluated how AI products perform on legal research tasks. It measured performance with respect to a lawyer control group, known as the Lawyer Baseline. Counsel Stack joined ea

Now that it's bid farewell to its Silicon Valley birthplace, KAV Helmets continues consolidating and preparing for growth in its Buffalo operations. KAV, which uses 3D printing technology to create custom aerodynamic helmets designed to reduce brain injuries, is in the process of consolidating its manufacturing operations into the Barcalo building on Louisiana Street. CEO Whitman Kwok touted KAV’s production process as a “one-of-a-kind advanced manufacturing platform in the h

The story of wellconnected's use of trusted, connected data powering whole-person care across communities resonated at one of the nation's leading conferences on broadening social care. CEO Duane Conners joined with leaders from 4medica and the New Jersey Innovation Institute to deliver that message, and insights into their successful partnership, at the Civitas 2025 Annual Conference in Anaheim (September 28-30.) Conners showed how wellconencted's allco platform builds tran

Hello Package's new package solution system includes a dynamic new release of tech built to make this startup take a new step forward. CEO Paul Favorov introduced how Hello Package will combine computer vision and AI to calculate package volume. Favorob said the enhanced system will boost tracking and security for residents of the properties benefitting from Hello Package. Drivers will also benefit from the computer vision and AI process. Hello Package, through its parent com

As packages began piling up on the doorsteps of America during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and porch pirates became a growing threat in its neighborhoods, the founders of Hello Package realized they could engineer a solution. Atlanta-based Package Solutions recognized security, efficiency and convenience could come together within the hallways of the nation's multi-unit housing developments and properties where single spaces filled with the needs of the isolated consumer. Hello Pa

Pallets of printers and testing gear that arrived from KAV's Redwood City, California plant have been reestablished in the revolutionary cycling helmet-maker's Western New York factory this week. Printers; some new, others boxed up and repurposed from KAV's Silicon Valley Operations, are rolling onto the floor and running already. A nook in the company's factory, easily mistaken for a storage space, is being designed to become the factory's new testing zone for models of helm

America’s fourth largest industry struggles to technically catch up with the times and develop true standards for communication and accountability. Into that gap arrives wellconnected, a Buffalo, New York startup seeking to lend a hand to social services and community service providers closest to home. Duane Conners told Brown and White Ventures podcast during a conversation in Williamsville, NY that his startup’s transforming how people access services; regardless of what k

Leading through his passion for new business and finance, Ian Palmer cuts an impressive path through the business school at Baldwin Wallace University. Brown and White Ventures's Fall 2025 intern is not only a double major in Finance and Accounting, but also minors in Mathematics. The junior from Berea, Ohio already leads the university's investment club. There, Ian oversees a student group that also focuses on executive restructuring and member development through structured

Shaving your head is what a cyclist who wants a custom-fit helmet would ordinarily have to do to get exactly what they want. KAV Helmets CEO Whitman Kwok muses that, when his company realized that was the cutoff point for consumers to buy into his new line of five-star safety certified custom-built lids, a better system of measurement had to be developed. “Not that many people are that committed to our product to do that,” Kwok joked with co-hosts of News4Buffalo’s morning sh

Brown and White Ventures' newest intern will wrap up her bachelor's degree by age 19. Skye Sharpe chose to study Economics at the University of South Florida because she's academically drawn to analytics and mathematics and she knew it would challenge her. "I love learning new things and challenging myself," said Skye, a Tampa, Florida resident. "I expect a lot from myself and recognize that my growth and success is dependent upon my knowledge." Skye says travels to Switzerla

Brown and White Ventures will co-host an event designed to help founders navigate the complexities of early-stage financing. Professionals navigating these transactions daily will offer clarity on deal terms and investor expectations Tuesday September 16th from 5 p.m. to 7 pm. The Event: Early Stage Deals Demystified, will include analysis and guidance from Matt Weinbaum and David Valenti. Both attorneys are shareholders at Dentons in Pittsburgh, PA. Dentons and Finta are al

Solving boring problems with innovative solutions. Neil Bommele described that as being at the heart of healthy startup companies; the kind that, when woven with high-value founders and well-measured business planning, can attract startup investment from Brown and White Ventures and other venture capital funds. Bommele, a 1987 alumnus of St. Bonaventure University, and an associate and advisory board member of Brown and White Ventures, returned to his alma mater with fund co

Calming people down about AI is one of the things Christopher Kanan must do these days. Especially when it comes to what he describes as "Terminator" stuff; where artificial intelligence overwhelms humankind.

When I first stepped into venture capital, I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t come from Wall Street, consulting, or a startup. My background was all over the place: professional athlete, a stint in politics, back into college athletics, and then law school. The closest thing I had to VC on my resume was a finance degree I earned nearly ten years ago and never really used.

A Silicon Valley startup choosing Western New York as its next-gen launch site had a great ring to it two years ago. But KAV Helmets, the Redwood City, California-born innovator of cycling helmets through 3D printing and AI manufacturing, has now doubled down on Buffalo.

In a time when one in four Americans have been victimized by package theft on their property, 2025 seemed right for an answer to what's become a $12 billion annual crime impacting 58 million people in the U.S.

Brown and White Ventures has reached an agreement to invest in Package Solutions, a startup whose lead service, HelloPackage, redefines last-mile logistics in multi-family and student housing through AI, automation, and on-site holding of deliverable packages.

Brown and White Ventures' new portfolio company, wellconnected, is driving that expression to draw funders and nonprofits together to better serve the people who need their services.

The difference Paradigm Emissions Technologies makes in a diesel engine is easy to see in a pair of circular filter devices the size of a plum.