Powered by General Catalyst, Rough Draft Ventures is a student team that helps university students in their journey from creating ‘rough drafts’ to startup companies by investing at the earliest stage. We support student-led teams with up to $25K in funding, and provide access to a community of peers, experienced mentors, alumni and investors to help take their startups to the next level. Decisions are led by a team of university students dedicated to encouraging tech entrepreneurship & forging a community of student founders.
Location: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2012
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Portfolio 15
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 03.05.2018 | Medinas He... | medinas.co... | $6M | - |
| - | Candelytic... | candelytic... | - | United Sta... |
| - | Sparrow | sparrowfi.... | - | United Sta... |
| - | Wellnest W... | wellnest.c... | - | United Sta... |
| - | Gradia Hea... | gradiaheal... | - | United Sta... |
| - | AKKO | getakko.co... | - | United Sta... |
| - | Impilo | impilo.hea... | - | United Sta... |
| - | MomentRank... | momentrank... | $1.7M | United Sta... |
| - | Unbox | tryunbox.a... | - | United Sta... |
| - | Relentlo | relentlo.c... | $2M | United Sta... |
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Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 15.07.2021 | California Crescent Fund Is Taking a Chance on SoCal Student... | College kids have hatched some of the biggest ideas throughout tech history, sometimes before they e... | dot.la/cal... |
| 15.07.2021 | 'They Know You Better Than Any Venture Capitalist': The Cali... | College kids have hatched some of the biggest ideas throughout tech history, sometimes before they e... | dot.la/cal... |
| 02.02.2021 | This Student-Funded, TikTok-Style Dating App Is Going After ... | It may not be love, but this fund made its first match. A Gen-Z dating app hinged on short-form vid... | dot.la/lol... |
| 18.01.2021 | ‘Founders Couch’ Podcast Highlights Student Entrepreneurs Fo... | Photo courtesy of Catherine Jiang. Among the many college seniors preparing to send out resumes and... | forbes.com... |
| 01.07.2020 | Student-led accelerator Envision is shaking up which startup... | Meet Envision, a new startup accelerator. The group, built and run by a collection of students and r... | techcrunch... |
| 03.07.2019 | 5 tips for female founders from DMV investors and tech leade... | What does it take to build and support a “robust and inclusive entrepreneur ecosystem” in Baltimore?... | technical.... |
| 16.05.2019 | Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in stu... | First Round Capital has both the Dorm Room Fund and the Graduate Fund. General Catalyst has Rough Dr... | techcrunch... |
| 18.03.2019 | General Catalyst just carved out an aggressive new seed-stag... | General Catalyst is diving more seriously into the business of funding seed-stage startups. To wit, ... | techcrunch... |
| 16.03.2018 | Village Global raises $100M seed scout fund from Zuck, Bezos... | It takes a village to grow a startup, so Village Global is offering access to a deep network of top ... | techcrunch... |
| 27.01.2018 | Scout networks are latest VC salvo in war for founders | Founders are extraordinarily busy, even for their own investors. A decade ago, they might have had r... | techcrunch... |
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