Tara Makhija
General Partner
Tara is a third-year majoring in Media Arts and Design, Environmental and Urban Studies, and Art History. Before coming to UChicago, she placed as a finalist in many international innovation competitions, where her interest in entrepreneurship and design began. In her free time, Tara loves crocheting and rewatching sitcoms.
Haodi Shi
General Partner
Haodi is a third-year interested in math & social science. He has previous experience founding start-ups, working at university incubators/accelerators as well as running one. He is broadly interested in business innovation and has particular interests in the automotive, renewable energy, and TMT industry. This summer, Haodi will be working in equity research as well as investment banking.
Sara Thomas
President
Sara is a second-year studying Econ and MENG. She joined LTF in Fall of her first year after interning at a fintech startup throughout high school. She is passionate about helping founders and diversifying the undergraduate startup ecosystem. She will be working in asset management over the summer. In her free time, Sara enjoys running and cooking.
Max Gallo
Managing Partner
Max Gallo is a third-year student studying Computer Science and Econ. Prior to joining LTF, Max spent his time working as a website developer for a fintech startup. In his free time, you can find Max at Ex Libris frantically coding, drinking an iced caramel macchiato with two extra pumps of caramel, hold the ice.
President Emeritus
Wesley is a fourth-year economics major from Beijing, China. He is passionate about cultivating an entrpreneruial community at UChicago. During the school year, Wesley is working part-time for a leading digital assets management firm’s internal venture arm, sourcing and investing in web3 projects. Wesley is an avid squash player and also loves to play poker.
Anke Hao
Managing Partner Emeritus
Anke is a fourth-year CS and Psychology major. She joined LTF after placing third in CNVC and participating in the Polsky Summer Accelerator, with the goal to support and expand the UChicago entrepreneurial community. She will be working in product management after college. In her free time, she likes to pamper her cats and read science fiction.
Grace Li
General Partner
Alex Yan
General Partner
Alex is a fourth-year studying Business Economics and Astrophysics. Prior to joining LTF, Alex worked at a startup-accelerator and interned at a UChicago sponsored startup. Alex is also an avid consumer of LaCroix and Yerba Maté. This summer he will be working in operations finance.
Sean Qin
General Partner
Sean is a second-year student studying Business Economics and Astrophysics. Prior to joining LTF, he had previous experience working at virtual reality startup and non-operating private foundation. He also worked as a RA to Prof. Michael Kremer this summer. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball and golf.
Micheal
General Partner
Board Alumni
Darius Pool '17 - President
Julia Thomsen '19 - President
Agnay Mohindra '20 - President
Kunal Mahajan '21 - President
David Liang '22 - President
Dante Vaisbort '22 - Managing Partner
Wesley Fang '23 - President
Anke Hao '23 - Managing Partner
Bess Goodfellow '17
Alex Reitveld '19
Shyamsunder Sriram '20
Shreyash Agarwal '21
Vamshi Eppanapally '21
Lisa Smoluk '21
Jason Sheppard '22