Join the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute to meet local female founders and investors.
Join the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute at the Leslie eLab for a networking lunch from 12:00 – 2:00 PM ET to meet local investors and local entrepreneurs at NYU who are committed to advancing gender equality in entrepreneurship.

During this lunch, we will bring together two current student investors – Nicole Ripka (Stern ’23), managing partner at Dorm Room Fund, and Rani Kubersky (Stern ’23), venture fellow at Rough Draft Ventures. Nicole and Rani will lead an intimate one-on-one discussion about how student-led VCs work, tips to engage with investors, available resources, and much more.

More about this month’s speakers:

Nicole Ripka (Stern ’23) is a managing partner at Dorm Room Fund.

Nicole is a managing partner for the Dorm Room Fund, founder of GayJoy (a queer community/media company), and a second year MBA at NYU Stern.

Her background in entrepreneurship, product, and design has naturally led her to realize her passion for supporting and sourcing great founders. In addition to managing the 16-student NYC and Midwest team, Nicole is in the top 2% of deal sourcers across the entire partnership. This summer, she led DRF’s Female Founder Track for 30 female founders and was accepted to and participated in Galvanizer, Stanford’s 60-person female founder incubator for her work with GayJoy.

She is a true extrovert, constantly expanding her network, building deep relationships quickly, and forging inroads with distinct communities. In her free time, she spends every minute she can learning (often by way of the 20 newsletters she reads weekly). You can also find her participating in her Lesbian Backgammon League, playing Downtown Girls Basketball or grabbing a coffee with a new friend.

She is excited to pursue a career in early-stage investing after graduating from business school.

Rani Kubersky (Stern ’23) is a venture fellow at Rough Draft Ventures.

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Past speakers include:

Rachel Tipograph, MikMak
Kobi Wu, VisuWall Technologies
Anna Palmer, General Partner at Flybridge
Rachel Baruch, Investor at Anthos Capital
Jess Weiss, Founder and CEO of Trix Magazine
Joy Marcus, Venture Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners
Liz Hartley, VC & Startup Advisor
Amira Rasool, Founder + CEO of The Folklore
Jasmine Jones, CEO + Co-Founder of Cherry Blossom Intimates
Cora Miller, Co-Founder and CEO of Young King Hair Care
Laura Rocha, CEO & Co-Founder of Dathic
Sophie Stenbeck, Co-Founder and General Partner of Max Ventures (CAS ’04)
Jade Kearney & Marguerite Pierce, Co-Founders of She Matters (Steinhardt ‘20)
Olivia Landau, Co-Founder and CEO of The Clear Cut (Steinhardt ’13)
Jess Riegel, Co-Founder and CEO of Motivote (Wagner ’18)
Yana Yasevich, Co-Founder of Remi (Gallatin ‘17)
Katie Shea, Partner at Kairos (Stern, ’09)
Amina Yamusah, co-founder and CTO of Bloc
Rebecca Kaden, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures
Claudia Espinosa, Founder of L.O.V.E. Mentoring Program (Wagner ’13)
Caren Maio, CEO and Co-Founder of Nestio (Gallatin ’07)
Lisbeth Kaufman, CEO & CoFounder of KitSplit (Stern ’15)
Amy Auton-Smith, Founder and CEO of FairFrame.io (Wagner ’18)
Grace Lee, CEO of Health Enovation, Inc
*THIS EVENT IS ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT NYU STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF, AND EACH ATTENDEE WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN IN WITH THEIR NYU ID CARD & VIOLET GO PASS*
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