Maryn Sifrit is the CEO and Co-Founder of Collegemate, the nation’s leading platform connecting incoming college students with roommates and friendships before they arrive on campus. What began as an idea during a road trip between the University of Alabama and the University of Mississippi in 2020 has grown into a thriving technology company serving more than 500,000 students across 100 universities nationwide.

Driven by a passion for solving real-world problems through innovation, Maryn has led Collegemate from a startup concept to a nationally recognized business by overseeing the company’s strategy, fundraising, marketing, and growth. When she co-founded Collegemate, the company’s earliest funding came through entrepreneurship competitions, where she earned top honors including first place at the LandShark Pitch Competition, the Charles Doty Entrepreneurship Award, and the Gillespie Business Competition. Those early wins helped transform Collegemate from an idea into one of the largest college roommate and friendship platforms in the country.

Today, Maryn continues to lead Collegemate’s expansion while sharing the lessons she’s learned about building a business from the ground up, embracing resilience, and creating products that create meaningful connections. She is passionate about encouraging aspiring entrepreneurs to take the leap, trust their ideas, and build companies that solve real problems.