Today, we’re thrilled to introduce our very first cohort of the 2048 Ventures VC Fellows '26: a group of exceptional undergraduate and graduate students who are deeply embedded in startup ecosystems on their campuses and are excited about shaping the future of technology, startups, and venture.

As 2048 Ventures VC Fellows, they’ll work directly alongside our investing team, identifying the next generation of category-defining startups and getting a front-row seat to diligence and beyond.

If you're a student building on their campuses, be sure to connect with our incredible fellows and apply to Pre-Seed Fast Track!  🚀

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Meet Our Undergraduate Fellows:

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Sophie Chen is a sophomore at Harvard double majoring in Computer Science and Neurobiology. She’s interested in advancements of medical processes using machine learning and has previously conducted research at MIT, MGH, and Dartmouth working on computer vision and computer hearing. This summer, she’ll be completing a software engineering internship at Google.

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Femi Ositade is a Computer Science student at Harvard with experience across applied machine learning, software engineering, and product development for early-stage startups. He has worked on ML systems and software at Harvard Special Collections and the MBTA, and is particularly interested in early-stage investing in deep tech and the hardware-software boundary.

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Anchal Bhardwaj is a sophomore at Harvard studying Computer Science and History. She is a Partner on the Dorm Room Fund Boston team, previously worked with the Defense Innovation Unit’s AI/ML portfolio, and currently works at the semiconductor startup, Etched. In her free time, she enjoys trying every coffee place she can find in Boston.

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Kaitlyn Li is an undergraduate at MIT studying Computer Science. She has worked at healthcare startups building and deploying AI products and data infrastructure used by real teams. She also helps run an accelerator for pre-seed healthcare ventures, supporting early founders with product strategy, technical validation, and go-to-market execution.

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Renee Hong is a junior at MIT studying Math, Computer Science, and Economics. Over the past two summers, she has worked as a Software Engineering Intern at Upduo, an edtech startup, and Dropbox, where she built and shipped production features used by hundreds of thousands of users and enterprise clients.

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Lauren Kong is a Behavioral Neuroscience and Consulting student at Northeastern University with a passion for biotechnology, healthcare strategy, and venture capital. She has worked across venture creation, healthcare innovation, and academic research, supporting early-stage ideas at the intersection of science, strategy, and patient impact.

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Meet Our Graduate Fellows:

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Caroline Anderson is a fourth-year PhD candidate in MIT’s Microbiology program studying host–pathogen interactions in Dr. Becky Lamason’s lab, with a focus on how Rickettsia remodels the human endoplasmic reticulum. Beyond the lab, she has co-founded two ventures supported by MIT Sandbox, Nucleate, and The Engine — securing $90K+ in seed funding, pitching extensively, and winning MIT Hacking Medicine's AI implementation prize. These experiences gave her hands-on exposure to company building, from scientific validation to fundraising. She is particularly passionate about curing infectious and autoimmune diseases and improving women's health!

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Douglas Finnegan is a first-year MBA student at MIT Sloan from Hawai'i with a passion for technology that aims to improve the wellbeing of its users and the community. On campus, he holds multiple leadership roles, while working on his own venture focused on reducing consumer food waste. Prior to Sloan, Douglas worked across multiple teams at Google, including Business Analytics and the Office of the CHRO, where he focused on user experience and supporting leaders across the organization. Douglas received his B.S. from Vanderbilt University, where he started his first company, VandEats.

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Sloane Sambuco is a dual-degree MBA and M.S. in EECS candidate at MIT (LGO) with a focus on AI. She has experience across applied GenAI, investment banking, and startups, most recently conducting research at AWS on AI evaluation and reliability. She is a U.S. Fulbright Scholar and holds a Master of Finance from IE Business School and a B.A. in Economics modified with Computer Science from Dartmouth.

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Supriya Lall is currently pursuing an MEng at MIT with a focus in deep tech and AI systems. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT. In the past, she has worked on inference-time scaling at IBM Research and conducted applied LLM research in the cybersecurity domain at MIT CSAIL. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, singing, and playing tennis!

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Charis Li is an MBA and MMSc candidate at Yale School of Management and Harvard Medical School. In her current role as Co-President of the Harvard Graduate Biotech Club, she is passionate about curating and connecting the most exciting biotech graduate student scientific community at Harvard and beyond. She received her BA in Computational Biology and Science, Technology & Society (STS) from Colby College. Outside of work and academics, she is a proud cat mom to Mavis and enjoys creating abstract realism paintings in her free time.

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Kevin Zhao is a current student in the MS/MBA Biotechnology program at Harvard Business School. Since starting school, he has supported early-stage healthtech and life science startup founders on business development, fundraising, and customer discovery. Prior to HBS, he was an Associate Consultant at ZS, where he advised large pharma clients on commercialization strategy across multiple disease areas and large scale digital transformation. Kevin started his career as a scientific researcher in stem cell therapies and lung cancer drug development after obtaining a B.S. in Biochemistry with Honors from UCLA.

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Odessa Deng is a first-year MBA student at HBS with a background in beauty and personal care R&D at L’Oréal and Mother Dirt, where she worked on technically driven consumer products from concept through scale. She is transitioning from corporate operating roles into investing, with a particular interest in applying her life sciences and analytical training to evaluate and support innovative companies.

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We’re so lucky and excited to work alongside this exceptional group as they source, learn, and grow alongside the 2048 Ventures team.

If you're a student building on their campuses, be sure to connect with our incredible fellows and apply to Pre-Seed Fast Track!  🚀