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 UniversityPrincipal. Formerly founding team at Sidebar, investor and chief of staff at Hangar.
Molly Fowler
Yale UniversityGeneral 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.
Jo Cheng
WhartonCommunity builder, dedicated to expanding quality access to women's health.
Kyle Dolce
Harvard (HBS)Pumped up about a modern industry renaissance! Runs, bikes, and swims a lot.
Vishal Dubey
Columbia UniversityFounder/Engineer who's passionate about Consumer and FinTech, prev YC S21
Jack Flintoft
University of ChicagoAustralian curious about trends, but driven by founders who create them.
Jessica Gartenstein
Stanford GSBI 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.
Ben Horwitz
Harvard (HBS)Excited about passionate builders, great design, and complex problems. Bonus if it's all three.
Aryan Jain
MITI'm a founder and builder who’s passionate about LLM’s, AI, and Deep Tech. Always down to meet new people!
Eyrin Kim
StanfordObsessed with solutions at the climate-technology nexus and deeply curious about the people who drive them.
Jacob Kopelman
University of PennsylvaniaI am an incredibly passionate and driven individual, always eager to dive into new opportunities with energy and focus.
Elijah Kurien
University of WaterlooElijah 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.
Anna Marie Manning
WhartonAnna Marie is passionate about combining her background in biology and entrepreneurship to drive innovation in and around healthcare and the life sciences.
Ian McCreadie
GeorgetownAccelerating thoughtfully. Interested in hardtech, industrials, biosensing, and good stories.
Tafarii McKenzie
MIT SloanOperator 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 Businesstrue extrovert with boundless curiosity, passionate about tackling challenges in healthcare
Anisha Musti
UNCCommitted to creating positive change. Exploring deeptech, logistics, QC, and meaningful connections.
Sean Nissenbaum
NYU SternLearning and building towards a more meaningfully connected future; chocolate chip cookie connoisseur.
Ben O'Keefe
StanfordA nerd that loves learning.
Shasi Pinninti
UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley HaasHardware builder and investor with a passion for complex, NP hard problems
Aryan Shah
Emory, Georgia Institute of TechnologyExploring all things Fintech, Deeptech and Enterprise :)
Om Shastri
University of PennsylvaniaA seeker of knowledge, weaving dreams with code and creativity.
Tony Shi
Stanford GSB, StanfordInvestor and ex-founder with the mission to empower responsible innovation and bold ambitions in a rapidly evolving world.
Rishi Sriram
The University of Texas at AustinA guy who loves to be creative, work with numbers, and make impactful change.
Zachary Swidey
University of PennsylvaniaMotivated by conceptual elegance. Exploring deeptech, AI/ML, and abstract nonsense. Biotech VC at Pillar.
Angela Tsao
StanfordResearcher driven to go deep in the data
Omo Tseumah
Columbia Business SchoolEx-Googler, lover of sweet treats. Passionate about health, somatic wellness and all things beauty, CPG, B2B SaaS & consumer tech.
Katie Xu
DukeStoryteller at heart, with a love for building brands and empowering entrepreneurs to chase their dreams.
Oliver Ye
UC Berkeleyinterested in fast things and making things faster :)
Linda Zhou
Yale School of ManagementCommunity-focused operator and utility player. Striving to be open, curious, and unafraid– and looking for founders who are too.
Kevin Zhu
MITBuilder and investor passionate about AI and LLMs. Love learning and meeting new people!
Caroline Zhu
Cornellempowering 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.
Aaron Anandji
McGillAaron is a self-proclaimed startup nerd based in Montréal. He tweets about VC & startups on X at @aaronanandji.