Dorm Room Fund is a student-run venture fund that backs university and recent alumni founders with capital, mentors, and an investor network. Dorm Room Fund's Twitter Score is 40 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #23,594 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Dorm Room Fund was founded by Josh Kopelman and describes itself as the original student venture fund. After operating under the umbrella of First Round Capital, it began deploying from its first independent fund in 2021. Its check sizes range from $90K to $250K, and the fund has supported more than 300 student-run companies that have collectively raised over $6 billion in follow-on capital.
Dorm Room Fund has drawn backing from a broad group of investors and operators, including Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Quiet Capital, Underscore VC, Garry Tan, Soraya Darabi, Charles Hudson, Hunter Walk, Insight's Vision 2020 Fund, and Plexo Capital. Portfolio companies span a wide range of sectors and include Dandy, Anysphere/Cursor, Hightouch, Shield AI, Athelas, Veho, RapidSOS, and Inversion Space, among others.
Dorm Room Fund has accumulated 11,445 followers as of September 2026 since joining in 2012 and has published 3,325 posts. The account has been mentioned by 129 accounts across 860 total mentions.
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