Dorm Room Fund is the original student-run pre-seed venture capital fund, investing in student founders across the United States. It provides capital, mentorship, and a powerful investor network to help student entrepreneurs build their companies.
Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (54% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $4.6M (across 48 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
46
Fund Size
$12.5M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Madi Jacox
Principal. Formerly founding team at Sidebar, investor and chief of staff at Hangar.
Molly Fowler
General Partner, Dorm Room Fund, First Round Capital, Intersection, City of Los Angeles.
Ilona Golynker
Neuroscientist and recovering D1 tennis player with a passion for early-stage innovation.
Kevin Zhu
Builder and investor passionate about AI and LLMs. Love learning and meeting new people!
Aashrith Chejerla
Engineer passionate about AI, education, and energy. Love to meet new people!
Alex Hammerman
Hardtech startup operator who loves to learn about, build, and invest in physical products that bring people joy and make the world a better place
Anchal Bhardwaj
Excited about hard tech, security, and meeting new people!
Anisha Musti
Committed to creating positive change. Exploring deeptech, logistics, QC, and meaningful connections.
Anjali Dhupam
frontier innovation, product, bio and nuclear capabilities, strategy, fine arts and design, & governance
Annie Dong
Things I love: my mother, my dog, my culture; magical realism; tech that redefines the possible; bodies of water.
Aryan Jain
I'm a founder and builder who’s passionate about LLM’s, AI, and Deep Tech. Always down to meet new people!
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Below the Fold | Unknown | $100K | May 2026 |
| BBarnwell Bio | Seed | $6M | Jan 2026 |
| BBarnwell | Seed | $6M | Jan 2026 |
 Adaptive | Series A | $50M | Jan 2025 |
 Concentro | Seed | $3M | Dec 2024 |
 Slingshot | Pre-Seed | $2.2M | May 2024 |
 dub | Seed | $17M | Feb 2024 |
 Tava Health | Series B | $20M | Jan 2024 |
 Hadrius | Seed | $2M | Sep 2023 |
 WellTheory Technologies | Seed | — | Nov 2022 |
 Gently | Pre-Seed | $2M | Sep 2022 |
 Alima | Seed | $1.5M | Sep 2022 |
 AAVRANI | Series A | $7M | Jan 2022 |
 Lura Health | Seed | $1M | Jan 2022 |
| Gently | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jan 2022 |
 ScienceIO | Seed | $8M | Oct 2021 |
 MaestroQA | Series A | $25M | Sep 2021 |
 Cadoo | Seed | $1.5M | Jul 2021 |
| Tava Health | Series A | $10M | Jan 2021 |
 Aegis AI | Seed | $2.2M | Jul 2019 |
 PowerSpike | Seed | $500K | Aug 2018 |
| FFeastfox | Seed | — | Aug 2017 |
 Brooklinen | Series A | $10M | Jan 2017 |
 Humon | Seed | $950K | Jan 2016 |
 Traveling Spoon | Unknown | $870K | Jan 2015 |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 7 October 2026