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Romy Niaz McCarthy

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Founding BDR at Solidroad
📍 Stanford, California, United States

Romy is the Founding Business Development Representative at YC-backed Solidroad and the founder of Whim. A Stanford University alumna with a background in venture scouting, she focuses on building and scaling new ventures. Her experience includes leading international expansion for Stanford Women in Business.

Deeply connected to her familys heritage, she draws inspiration from their story of immigrating from Iran. Romy publicly reflects on personal growth, hard work, and building community. Originally from London, she now contributes to her familys new legacy in San Francisco.

Ironically, despite dreading making customer service calls for her mother as a child, her career is now centered on customer-facing business development.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Founding BDR
Job Level
Junior
Location
Stanford, California, United States
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Early-Stage Growth
As the Founding BDR at Solidroad and founder of Whim, she is deeply involved in building and scaling ventures from the ground up.
Women in Business
She held leadership positions in both Stanford Women in Business and Stanford Women in Finance, showing a commitment to empowering women professionally.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Founding BDR
Solidroad
8-2025
Scout
Mangusta Capital
7-2025
Founder
Whim.
10-2021 - 9-2025
Director of International Expansion
Stanford Women in Business
10-2021 - 9-2025
Member of Stanford Women in Finance
Stanford Women in Finance
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Education
2021 - 2025
Undergraduate
Stanford University
10-2024 - 12-2024
Visiting Student
Sorbonne Université
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