Student founders – Dorm Room Fund

Female Founder Track launches for the fourth time

Lan Jiang, managing partner of the San Francisco team, leads the fourth Female Founder Track with Chloe Lopez-Lee. In this… Continue reading Female Founder Track launches for the fourth time

Go on a spree with investment partner Shub Gaur

Shub Gaur in Fremont, California. Courtesy of Shub Gaur.

Shub Gaur, an investment partner on the San Francisco team, joined the Dorm Room Fund team in October 2020. He co-founded Spree, a chrome extension that automatically compares prices for you.

Meet the 2021 Female Investor Track

Venture capital needs to raise its bar. For women, the questions “what is venture capital” and “why does it exist”… Continue reading Meet the 2021 Female Investor Track

Arjan Guglani on LGBTQ+ identity and his DRF in Michigan

Arjan Guglani, on the right, talks during a working session of UpRound Venture's first investment. Courtesy of Natalia Brzozowski.

Arjan Guglani is a rising junior at the University of Michigan and part of the 2021 PRISM Investor Track.

Meet the summer 2021 PRISM cohort

Firms like Backstage Capital have cited that as little as 10% of venture capital deals go to women, people of color, and… Continue reading Meet the summer 2021 PRISM cohort

My path to Dorm Room Fund, from Amazon

Vincent Ponzo, third from left, poses with students at the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Demo Day, which took place at IAC Headquarters in New York City, in April 2017. While he led the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School, Ponzo added an MBA student to each startup in the accelerator. Courtesy of Vincent Ponzo.

It’s difficult for me to pinpoint the exact moment I became interested in entrepreneurship. I grew up in a very… Continue reading My path to Dorm Room Fund, from Amazon

Jarrod Barnes and Chris Quaidoo on leading the Blueprint Investor Track

Jarrod Barnes and Chris Quaidoo, investment partners with Dorm Room Fund, speak to us about the Blueprint Investor Track. The… Continue reading Jarrod Barnes and Chris Quaidoo on leading the Blueprint Investor Track

My path to Dorm Room Fund, from India

“Whizzzz,” “wheesh,” and “wham!!” went my paper airplanes as they buzzed and crashed around my fifth grade classroom in India.… Continue reading My path to Dorm Room Fund, from India