Sreya Parakala

Sreya Parakala is the Managing Partner at Dorm Room Fund, a student-led venture capital firm focused on executing early-stage startup investments. In her current capacity, she leads capital deployment initiatives and evaluates investment opportunities sourced directly from university-based founding teams. The investment vehicle, originally founded in 2012, operates with an extensive network of over 250 alumni who have advanced within the broader technology and finance sectors. These former team members have successfully established independent unicorn startups, joined top-tier institutional venture capital funds, and secured operational roles at major technology corporations including Meta, Amazon, and Google. Her domain expertise centers on navigating the unique risk profiles associated with student entrepreneurship and pre-seed enterprise development. Parakala currently focuses on identifying high-potential collegiate founders, structuring early-stage funding rounds, and managing the operational strategy of the national student venture network.