​Fireside Chat with Molly Fowler (CEO & GP, Dorm Room Fund)

​December 5, 3–5 PM ET • Tsai CITY (2nd Floor)
Seats are limited - RSVP early

​Join us for an exclusive fireside chat with Molly Fowler, Yale alumna and CEO & General Partner of Dorm Room Fund (DRF), the original student-run venture fund that launched out of First Round Capital in 2012 and has since become the most iconic launchpad for student founders.

​Today DRF has backed 300+ student-led startups, including category-defining companies across AI, biotech, robotics, consumer, and frontier tech. DRF alumni have raised billions in follow-on capital — including companies like Cursor, which recently closed a $2.3B Series D — Dandy, RapidSOS, Hightouch, and more. DRF is supported by an incredible network of allies across venture: Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Bill Trenchard, Quiet Capital, Underscore VC, Garry Tan, Soraya Darabi, Charles Hudson, Susan Lyne, Hunter Walk, Insight’s Vision 2020 Fund, Plexo Capital, and of course First Round Capital.

​Molly got her start as an undergrad at Yale (Stiles!) and nder her leadership, DRF has become the most influential student-investor community in the country — spotting founders early, backing unconventional thinkers, and helping students go from campus ideation to real companies.

​In this conversation, we’ll dive into:

• ​How DRF sources, evaluates, and invests in student founders

• ​What “founder potential” actually looks like at the earliest stages

• ​How to raise capital as a first-time student founder

• ​DRF portfolio stories — from dorm rooms to breakout scale

• ​How a student-run VC fund fits into today’s evolving venture landscape

• ​Community, networks, and the future of student entrepreneurship

• ​Breaking into startups & VC as a female or underrepresented minority founder

​Meet our Moderators

​This fireside will be co-moderated by the Yale DRF Partners:

​Roxana Grunenwald: Partner (NYC & Midwest Team), Yale College ([email protected])
Linda Zhou: Managing Partner (NYC & Midwest Team), Yale School of Management ([email protected])

​This is THE room for student builders & moonshots.

​Open to all Yale students.
Seats are limited - RSVP early.

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​​Reach out to [email protected] with questions!