The Student Partnership

Our Team

We're builders, tinkerers, technical nerds, and so much more. We eat, breathe, and sleep startups and venture. And we're the next generation of this industry.

DRF Co.

Dorm Room Fund's full-time investment team who run the fund and student program

Madi Jacox

Columbia University

Principal. Formerly founding team at Sidebar, investor and chief of staff at Hangar.

Molly Fowler

Yale University

General Partner, Dorm Room Fund, First Round Capital, Intersection, City of Los Angeles.

Investment

Our student investment partners seek out, vet, and back the best student-run companies across the country -- don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Sofia Cagliero

Harvard

Sofia is a senior at Harvard College studying Applied Mathematics and Economics with a strong passion for supporting student entrepreneurship.

Andy Chen

University of Oxford

Healthcare, life sciences, AI person :)

Jo Cheng

Wharton

Community builder, dedicated to expanding quality access to women's health.

Danny Delaney

Harvard (HBS)

Passionate about building healthy, affordable, clean communities. Runs on PB&J.

Kyle Dolce

Harvard (HBS)

Pumped up about a modern industry renaissance! Runs, bikes, and swims a lot.

Vishal Dubey

Columbia University

Founder/Engineer who's passionate about Consumer and FinTech, prev YC S21

Noelle Durkin

Stanford GSB

Noelle is a GSB MBA student with an operating background who is excited to pivot into early stage VC investing.

Lindsay Esterman

Emory

Lower the world’s cortisol. Past lives: engineering @ Neo, Tara AI, Shimmer.

Zaid Fattah

Yale University

Zaid is interested in software and systems but motivated by stories and service.

Jack Flintoft

University of Chicago

Australian curious about trends, but driven by founders who create them.

Jessica Gartenstein

Stanford GSB

I am an entrepreneur who started a health food company in college and have grown passionate about healthy eating, supply chain management, ethical business practices, and supporting female founders.

Grace Gerwe

Yale University

Relentlessly focused on redesigning society's relationship with health, deeply connecting with high caliber people and pursuing the extremes of the human experience.

Elana Golub

MIT Sloan

Operator passionate about innovation in fintech, education, and professional services.

Remy Gordon

Harvard (HBS)

Energized by working through difficult problems with smart people. Will inevitably talk about his love for the midwest!

Jules Grelot

Northeastern University

Avid learner! Sharing passion and love! Always happy to meet new people!

Linda He

Harvard

building and investing in technology that changes the world :)

Ben Horwitz

Harvard (HBS)

Excited about passionate builders, great design, and complex problems. Bonus if it's all three.

Momoko Ishii

Yale University

An alchemist who makes transformative solutions for a sustainable future

Aryan Jain

MIT

I'm a founder and builder who’s passionate about LLM’s, AI, and Deep Tech. Always down to meet new people!

Advika Jayanti

Carnegie Mellon University

Exploring the frontiers of technology and creativity!

Edward Jin

UC San Diego

Startup lover interested in aerospace, energy, and manufacturing—driven by a passion for soccer and building community.

Rohan Kalahasty

CalTech

Bringing startup style agility to science/R&D.

Jeff Kaminsky

NYU Stern

SF Native. NYU Gallatin and Stern MBA. Lover of all things food, tech, and startups.

Eyrin Kim

Stanford

Obsessed with solutions at the climate-technology nexus and deeply curious about the people who drive them.

Jacob Kopelman

University of Pennsylvania

I am an incredibly passionate and driven individual, always eager to dive into new opportunities with energy and focus.

Elijah Kurien

University of Waterloo

Elijah is a software engineer with extensive background in AI, hardware and biology looking to apply his breadth of knowledge to solving problems at the intersection of these fields.

Russell Ladson

UC Berkeley

Russell is a theorist who is always thinking about the philosophical investigations of technology.

Jacques Laine

Wharton

Jacques is a musical artist and strategist looking to change the face of the music industry through emerging technology.

Tony Liano

University of Notre Dame

San Francisco native interested in storytelling and consumer behavior.

Brielee Lu

NYU Stern

Pure extrovert in the pursuit of infinite learning processes; people over everything.

Anna Marie Manning

Wharton

Anna Marie is passionate about combining her background in biology and entrepreneurship to drive innovation in and around healthcare and the life sciences.

Sriya Mantena

Stanford

Energized by deep tech solutions that prioritize human outcomes and responsible impact.

Mattia Mauro

Stanford

A curious, international physicist obsessed by the world's fundamental challenges

Ian McCreadie

Georgetown

Accelerating thoughtfully. Interested in hardtech, industrials, biosensing, and good stories.

Tafarii McKenie

MIT Sloan

Operator passionate about CPG and the intersection of beauty, health, and wellness. Ask me for product recs, I've tried everything!

Catherine Mekhael

University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business

true extrovert with boundless curiosity, passionate about tackling challenges in healthcare

Adanna Mogbo

University of Pennsylvania

Constant learner and try-er of all things related to health and innovation.

Anisha Musti

UNC

Committed to creating positive change. Exploring deeptech, logistics, QC, and meaningful connections.

Sean Nissenbaum

NYU Stern

Learning and building towards a more meaningfully connected future; chocolate chip cookie connoisseur.

Ben O'Keefe

Stanford

A nerd that loves learning.

Moritz Pail

Harvard

I'm a founder, engineer, and investor who's passionate about finding ways to make an impact.

Aaron Pickard

Chicago Booth

Loves solving hard problems that make a difference, building communities, and supporting nontraditional students. It’s not rocket science!

Shasi Pinninti

UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley Haas

Hardware builder and investor with a passion for complex, NP hard problems

Nithanth Ram

Carnegie Mellon University

Master of None - always seeking growth and learning. Currently at Deepgram. Formerly Baseten, Abacus.AI, Roku. Building HostLabs.

Lena Renshaw

NYU Stern

Computer science grad passionate about using technology for social impact, particularly through climate and energy.

Marc Rizk

MIT

Passionate about the intersection of finance and Deep tech.

Matan Roet

Harvard (HBS)

Tech head with AI and cloud expertise, crazy about sports and snowboarding!

Catalina Romero

MIT

A Colombian-American MIT Mechanical Engineering student in love with ultramarathon running, soccer, traveling, and building cool things!

Aryan Shah

Emory, Georgia Institute of Technology

Exploring all things Fintech, Deeptech and Enterprise :)

Om Shastri

University of Pennsylvania

A seeker of knowledge, weaving dreams with code and creativity.

Hriday Sheth

UC Berkeley

Hriday is a former startup founder and Berkeley Engineering Junior who is interested in software, transportation, and technology in emerging markets.

Tony Shi

Stanford GSB, Stanford

Investor and ex-founder with the mission to empower responsible innovation and bold ambitions in a rapidly evolving world.

Nimisha Shinday

Wharton

Passionate about driving positive change at the intersection of tech, consumer and wellness.

Rishi Sriram

The University of Texas at Austin

A guy who loves to be creative, work with numbers, and make impactful change.

Zachary Swidey

University of Pennsylvania

Motivated by conceptual elegance. Exploring deeptech, AI/ML, and abstract nonsense. Biotech VC at Pillar.

Edgar Sze

Northeastern University

Passionate about people, health, tech, and all things in between. Aspiring master chef and lifelong learner!

Eugenia Trakal

Arizona State University

Energized by hustlers bridging gaps and building across B2B SaaS, FinTech & cross-border ventures.

Angela Tsao

Stanford

Researcher driven to go deep in the data

Omo Tseumah

Columbia Business School

Ex-Googler, current CBS MBA student, lover of sweets. Passionate about health, somatic wellness and all things beauty, CPG & consumer tech.

Kieran Velasquez

Michigan State University

Fascinated by innovation through the combination of bits and atoms ushering in the next industrial revolution

Ananth Veluvali

Stanford

I'm a Stanford sophomore and aspiring lifelong entrepreneur with several exits.

Matthew Vine

Columbia Business School

Lehigh IBE, Columbia MBA interested in deeptech and working at the nexus of emerging technology and corporate innovation. LGM.

Katie Xu

Duke

Storyteller at heart, with a love for building brands and empowering entrepreneurs to chase their dreams.

Oliver Ye

UC Berkeley

interested in fast things and making things faster :)

Linda Zhou

Yale School of Management

Community-focused operator and utility player. Striving to be open, curious, and unafraid– and looking for founders who are too.

Kevin Zhu

MIT

Builder and investor passionate about AI and LLMs. Love learning and meeting new people!

Caroline Zhu

Cornell

empowering creators to make magic through tech. lifelong magic-seeker!

HQ

Our operators-in-residence support our investment partners and founders alike with strategic, technical, and operational expertise.

Kabir Jolly

Stanford

Stanford CS. Excited to leverage tech to tackle our biggest challenges!

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