Investment partners – Dorm Room Fund

How We Source: Finding Founders

Parts of VC are somewhat scientific, others are almost an art. Sourcing startups, the process of finding fabulous founders to… Continue reading How We Source: Finding Founders

Welcoming the Class of 2023 Partners

Our mission here at DRF is to build the strongest community of student entrepreneurs. We’ve spent the fall searching campuses… Continue reading Welcoming the Class of 2023 Partners

My journey to DRF, from Duke University

DRF Partner Chris Liang shares her entrepreneurial experiences. I started college with a very loose idea of what I wanted… Continue reading My journey to DRF, from Duke University

A Comprehensive Guide to Breaking into Venture Capital (as a STUDENT)

Hi Final Draft friends! We know a lot of you are interested in breaking into venture capital, but might not… Continue reading A Comprehensive Guide to Breaking into Venture Capital (as a STUDENT)

How to Apply for DRF’s Investment Partnership: Your Journey to Shaping the Future

Dorm Room Fund is back to school right in time to kick off our student investment partner search! DRF student… Continue reading How to Apply for DRF’s Investment Partnership: Your Journey to Shaping the Future

Welcoming the Class of 2022 Partners

A $12.5 million independent fund. Invested entirely by students. Here at Dorm Room Fund, we do things differently. As the… Continue reading Welcoming the Class of 2022 Partners

Part 2: Becoming a Gen Z Investor

Alex Marley. Courtesy of Alex Marley.

In the last blog post, I posed the following question: How can you use your experiences to source, support and… Continue reading Part 2: Becoming a Gen Z Investor

How I landed three internships in venture capital

Nathan Ho, left, and Francis Zhan, right, at the Tribe Capital investment team offsite in Bend, Oregon in March 2022. Courtesy of Nathan Ho.

When I started my path into venture capital, I didn’t know where to start in my internship search. I cold-emailed… Continue reading How I landed three internships in venture capital

Part I: A Gen Z’s Journey to VC

Alex Marley, seated second from the front on the left, at a VC meetup. Courtesy of Alex Marley.

“There’s no one path to VC” was my least favorite phrase when trying to enter venture capital. Why wasn’t there… Continue reading Part I: A Gen Z’s Journey to VC

Advice to founders from managing partner of Boston

Rob McKnight, a managing partner of Boston’s investment team, joined Dorm Room Fund as a Harvard Business School student. For… Continue reading Advice to founders from managing partner of Boston