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Roland Fryer

Investor

Founding Partner at Equal Opportunity Ventures

Greater Boston

Writes $2M checks

FoundedRethinc

About

Former Harvard economics professor Roland Fryer brings research on economic mobility and education to early-stage investing, using experiments and rigorous, data-driven evaluation to identify measurable impact for underrepresented communities.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Experience

  1. Harvard UniversityProfessor of Economicscurrent2003 — presentGreater Boston Area
  2. Equal Opportunity VenturesFoundercurrent2019 — presentBoston, Massachusetts
  3. Reconstruction USCo-Founder and Executive Chairmancurrent2020 — present
  4. SigmaSquaredFounder and Board Membercurrent2021 — present
  5. KaiPod LearningBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  6. Fresh Food GenerationBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  7. EdLight, PBCBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  8. RethincBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  9. ROBINHOOD FOUNDATIONBoard Membercurrent2014 — present
  10. ReadleeBoard Member2022
  11. Headroom Inc.Board Member2022

Education

  1. Penn State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics1998 — 2001
  2. The University of Texas at ArlingtonBachelor of Arts - BA, Economics1995 — 1998

Skills & more

Teaching23Board of Directors18Venture Capital17Economics4Data Analysis6Mathematical Modeling5

From Roland's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Penn State University141

Kelly DonovanExecutive Assistant & Operations Associate, Revolution Growth at RevolutionFallon GoodeExecutive Assistant at March Capital PartnersCristina HohlmanPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Sapphire VenturesNick DolikInvestor at 8VCRobert SoffelRevOps Expert at Notion CapitalTony ThomasVenture Partner at Lux Capital

+ 135 more

Also attended The University of Texas at Arlington12

Bryan ChambersCo-Founder & President at Capital FactoryRon PragidesVice President of Engineering at Trustly at PICUS CAPITALApril KooimanFormer Senior Executive, Cloudmed - R1 at Empactful CapitalGaurav AroraInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsLuciano VelazcoCEO Dionisio Romero University at Taram CapitalDr. Noé E. CrespoAssociate Director at Parallel 18

+ 6 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Harvard University212

Rachel HansenInvestor at Index VenturesDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Logan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTechWalter KowtoniukInvestor at Third Rock VenturesJefte DrijversInvestor at Third Rock VenturesSamuel ArbesmanVenture Partner at Lux Capital

+ 206 more

Also worked at Readlee1

Colton VoegeFounder/CTO at Mimir

Also worked at Headroom Inc.1

Don LoebCorporate Development, Advisor at LDV Capital

Deals · 2

My ElektraBoard seat

via Equal Opportunity Ventures · filed Feb 2025 · $5.8M raise

RethincBoard seat

via Equal Opportunity Ventures · filed Mar 2021 · $1.6M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Equal Opportunity Ventures

Emil Gilkes
Principal Data Scientist at Equal Opportunity Ventures
Izzy Newman-Sanders
Chief of Staff at Equal Opportunity Ventures
Jason King
Chief Financial Officer at Equal Opportunity Ventures
Kate Cummings
Partner, Community at Equal Opportunity Ventures
Lee Carter
Partner at Equal Opportunity Ventures
Meghan Walsh
Executive Assistant at Equal Opportunity Ventures
Michelle Rhee
Venture Partner at Equal Opportunity Ventures
Tanaya Devi
Partner, Data Science Lead at Equal Opportunity Ventures