Trent DiCicco

Trent is a master’s student in Management Science & Engineering at Stanford, exploring how operational rigor and product strategy compound into enduring companies. A professional lacrosse player in the NLL, he applies an elite high-performance mindset and a deep technical foundation to investing and building. Prior to Stanford, he earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Robotics & AI from The Ohio State University, captained the varsity lacrosse team, and worked as an engineer at an autonomous-vehicle startup. He also leads strategy for Modern Crown Co, a D2C brand he co-founded. Most recently, he supported a16z’s Growth Fund, strengthening fund strategy and operations through market mapping and competitive analysis. Trent is energized by frontier innovations spanning scalable software and the physical world.