Overview
*REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS AT CAPACITY AND NOW CLOSED*
**NOTE: This month’s Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg event will be hosted at Bloomberg’s 120 Park Avenue office. Please check the “WHEN & WHERE” section below for details.**
Bloomberg, Cornell Tech, and Tech:NYC invite you to join us for the latest installment of the Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg Speaker Series, featuring Molly Fowler, General Partner at Dorm Room Fund, in conversation with Sonali Basak, lead global finance correspondent for Bloomberg TV and anchor for “Bloomberg Open Interest.”
Molly Fowler is the founding partner of Dorm Room Fund (DRF), the country’s original student venture fund, which became an independent entity after spinning out from First Round Capital in 2021. DRF focuses on investing in student-led startups, working alongside student teams at top entrepreneurship campuses across the country to back student and recent-graduate founders at their earliest stages.
When DRF launched in 2012, its $20,000 check was a revolutionary move. Now, student entrepreneurship is a vibrant part of the tech ecosystem, especially in New York — and DRF was one of the earliest shapers of this movement. Since its inception, DRF has supported more than 400 undergraduate, MBA, masters’, and Ph.D. founders – including both recent graduates and dropouts.
DRF now provides between $40,000-$150,000 in initial funding to student entrepreneurs, along with support, mentorship, and access to a network of investors, operators, and experts. Under Fowler’s leadership, the fund has helped its portfolio companies raise billions in follow-on capital from leading venture capital firms.
We hope you’ll register for the opportunity to join us for this timely conversation, in which Fowler will discuss the unique challenges and opportunities faced by student founders, the evolution of DRF from its origins within First Round Capital to its current independent status, and the future of early-stage investing.
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Agenda
- 5:30 PM
Networking reception begins
- 6:00 PM
Doors close, conversation starts
- 6:45 PM
Audience Q&A
- 7:00 PM
Networking and hors d’oeuvres to follow
- 7:45 PM
Food service ends
PLEASE NOTE: Seating is limited and registered attendees will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors close promptly at the top of the hour. Individuals arriving late may be turned away from the building. No walk-ins will be allowed.
*REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS AT CAPACITY AND NOW CLOSED*
Speakers
Molly Fowler
Molly Fowler is the founding partner of Dorm Room Fund, the student venture fund, where she leads efforts to back student and recent-graduate founders at top campuses across the U.S.
Under Fowler’s leadership, DRF has supported more than 400 undergraduate and graduate founders, helping them grow their companies and raise billions in follow-on capital. Prior to DRF, Fowler worked as a venture capitalist at First Round Capital and an operator at Intersection Co., a smart cities technology and out-of-home media company backed by Sidewalk Labs. She also served as the deputy director of communications for the Mayor of Los Angeles.
Outside of Fowler’s work with DRF, she is the front woman of a country band and a wine enthusiast with a level 1 certification from the Court of Master Sommeliers.
Learn MoreWhen & Where
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
5:30 PM-8:00 PM EDT
Bloomberg
120 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
22 MPR