Dorothy Li
FounderCEO and Co-founder at RealRoots
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedRealRoots · YC
About
Dorothy Li is co-founder and CEO of RealRoots. She holds a business degree from Stanford and was an early team member at Cambly, a consumer marketplace platform.
CEO and Co-founder at RealRootsYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Dorothy went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran RealRoots's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Dorothy can intro founders to RealRoots's investors below.
RealRoots's investors · 1
Co-founders at RealRoots
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Tara KappelFounder
Experience
- RealRootsFoundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Cambly Inc.Head Of Operations2015 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- MEEDCommercial Finance Manager2013 — 2014Dubai, UAE
- e-Academy, IncCo-Founder2010 — 2013Los Angeles, California
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMasters in Business Management, Graduate School of Business2021 — 2022
- University of California, BerkeleyBachelors, Economics
Skills & more
Startup Development4Business Strategy3Financial Modeling2Financial Reporting2Auditing9US GAAP5IFRS3GAAP3CPA2Microsoft Excel
Languages Chinese Mandarin · English
From Dorothy's professional profile.
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley987
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital
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