💗 DRF marriages, a unicorn, and love in the air
Happy Valentine's Day!
DRF family, Happy Valentine’s Day!! 💜💙
Roses are red 🌹
Violets are blue 👕
Did I hear you say
You love DRF too? 💘
💑 #DRF4life + marriages
Founder of DRF company NERv Technology, Amr Anbdelgawad, got engaged 💝 Here’s a cute pic!
Alum Matt Wachter got engaged AND joined Tiger Global Management: talk about congrats congrats congrats 💖💪
💥 congratulations to our DRF fam
🦄 Unicorn alert! DRF community company Veho announced $125M series A at $1BN valuation
Lauren Reeder joined Sequoia
DRF alum Zann Ali & his firm 2048 closed Fund II
DRF community co TetraScience announced newsmaking ARR growth
VentureCrush's FG program applications are open
David Ongchoco started a new role as Growth Lead @ Rutter!
Chris Quaidoo interviewed Charles Hudson on his latest podcast episode, Venture Games
Rei Wang's company The Grand released The Grand Compass
Former DRF founder Alex Kern’s new company, thread below ↓
Thrilled to share what we’re up to at @dynaboard! ⚡️ Go 0 → 1 on web apps, starting w/ internal tools and dashboards 🚢 Build & ship in real-time with teammates (multiplayer) ⚙️ Extensible, composable, safe, & performant w/ WebAssembly + CRDTs 🧵Today we’re launching the private beta of Dynaboard! We're a new platform that reimagines web application development and extends it beyond the text editor. 🧵 https://t.co/Y4rcfFzJBj
Dynaboard @dynaboard
📎 tech news
Let’s spill tea 🍵🍵🍵: Peleton CEO John Foley steps down, replaced by former CFO of Spotify Barry McCarthy. Also, Peleton is slimming. They will cut 2,800 jobs after a slowdown in demand.
Microsoft wants workers back in the office. #pajamasduringcovid? See ya later alligator 🏃 Employees in the Washington and Bay Area have 30 days to adjust to their routines. Time to leave Zoom and literally zoom back to meet humans, face to face 😲
Meta making the news for the millionth time: Texas is out here suing them for collecting facial data without consent. Power moves 😎
Take a guess: Companies are moving to SF, NYC, Boston, Austin … Atlanta! There’s a ton of Black talent, so big companies are making big moves. #blackhistorymonth 📍
📂 startup + VC jobs
Dorm Room Fund: director of operations and community
Movley: head of ops, CTO and VP of engineering, founding product manager, founding product designer
DRF alum Alex Torrey's co, The Rounds, is hiring
Sparrow: senior backend software engineer, associate backend software engineer, junior backend software engineer, email harrison.hochman@sparrowfi.com
Alleycorp: operations and marketplace associate
Chicago Ventures: analyst
Meridian Capital: investor
Inspired Capital: investment associate
Bus Right: business development representative
Candelytics: graphics, software engineers
CRV: associate, email brittany@crv.com
First Round Capital: community manager
Tribe Capital: investment analyst
Humming Homes: operating and marketplace associate
Nextview: principal
Uno Health: product operations
Grow Therapy: growth marketing lead
Uniswap Labs: product manager
📗 more opportunities
Mark your calendars for a speaker series this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET with investors from Redpoint, 2048 Ventures and BoxGroup. #speakerseries
First Round opened FastTrack applications
10,000 Entrepreneurs (10KE): $2,000 scholarship to 25 undergraduate students. Must either 1) have a summer internship with a startup or innovation-oriented company or 2) plan to work on their own startup.
📖 cool reads
(This is empty BUT we’re ready to introduce our content team by the next issue. They’ll kill the game 💫)
😂 meme 😂
More fun: Twitter + website + company app. Send jokes, criticisms, and hot takes to info@dormroomfund.com + annewen@dormroomfund.com (content feedback) + melissa@dormroomfund.com (community updates). 🚀