Roland Fryer is a former Harvard economics professor who co-founded Equal Opportunity Ventures, bringing his decades of research on economic mobility and education to venture investing by running real-world experiments and measuring whether companies actually improve outcomes for underrepresented communities. He applies the same rigorous, data-driven approach from his academic career to evaluate early-stage companies, focusing on evidence-backed solutions where impact can be clearly measured rather than relying on pattern-matching or hype.