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.

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DRF Co.

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

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Madi Jacox

Columbia University

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

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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.

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Andy Chen

University of Oxford

Healthcare, life sciences, AI person :)

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Danny Delaney

Harvard (HBS)

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

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Noelle Durkin

Stanford GSB

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

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Lindsay Esterman

Emory

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

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Zaid Fattah

Yale University

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

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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.

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Elana Golub

MIT Sloan

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

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Remy Gordon

Harvard (HBS)

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

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Jules Grelot

Northeastern University

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

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Linda He

Harvard

building and investing in technology that changes the world :)

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Jacques Laine

Wharton

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

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Tony Liano

University of Notre Dame

San Francisco native interested in storytelling and consumer behavior.

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Sriya Mantena

Stanford

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

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Mattia Mauro

Stanford

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

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Adanna Mogbo

University of Pennsylvania

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

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Sean Nissenbaum

NYU Stern

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

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Moritz Pail

Harvard

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

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Aaron Pickard

Chicago Booth

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

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Nithanth Ram

Carnegie Mellon University

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

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Lena Renshaw

NYU Stern

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

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Marc Rizk

MIT

Passionate about the intersection of finance and Deep tech.

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Matan Roet

Harvard (HBS)

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

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Catalina Romero

MIT

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

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Aryan Shah

Emory, Georgia Institute of Technology

Exploring all things Fintech, Deeptech and Enterprise :)

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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.

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Nimisha Shinday

Wharton

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

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Zachary Swidey

University of Pennsylvania

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

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Eugenia Trakal

Arizona State University

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

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Ananth Veluvali

Stanford

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

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Matthew Vine

Columbia Business School

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

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Oliver Ye

UC Berkeley

interested in fast things and making things faster :)

HQ

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

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Kabir Jolly

Stanford

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