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
Tag: venture capital
How Bessemer-backed Formally helps international founders on their visas
Anyone familiar with Silicon Valley will understand the difficult and humbling experience being a startup founder entails: finding product-market fit,… Continue reading How Bessemer-backed Formally helps international founders on their visas
Hear from Our Alumni: 4 Ways DRF Can Advance Careers in Startups & VC
Breaking into venture is hard. Building startups is harder. And yet, at Dorm Room Fund, over 78% of our alumni… Continue reading Hear from Our Alumni: 4 Ways DRF Can Advance Careers in Startups & VC
Meet the Summer 2022 Blueprint Investor Track Cohort
VC has a long way to go when it comes to representation—less than 6% of partners in venture capital are… Continue reading Meet the Summer 2022 Blueprint Investor Track Cohort
Meet the Summer 2022 Female Investor Track Cohort
It is 2022 and less than 15% of partners in venture capital are women. As a result, female founders have… Continue reading Meet the Summer 2022 Female Investor Track Cohort
Welcoming the 2022-2023 HQ Team
Since its inception in 2012 as the original student-run venture fund, Dorm Room Fund has existed to support student founders… Continue reading Welcoming the 2022-2023 HQ Team
Welcoming Caroline Toch, Operating Principal
Tell us about your professional journey and what led you to DRF. I started my career in the world of… Continue reading Welcoming Caroline Toch, Operating Principal
Reducing busy work in gym with IRON founders
Weight lifting is the second most popular form of exercise, yet weight lifters are left using notebooks, spreadsheets, and the… Continue reading Reducing busy work in gym with IRON founders
My journey to DRF, from Berkeley
Content associate Kevin Wu shares his entrepreneurial experiences. Though I came to UC Berkeley aware of the vast entrepreneurial ecosystem,… Continue reading My journey to DRF, from Berkeley
Part 2: Becoming a Gen Z Investor
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