Darius Johnson

Global Technology Investor at Insight Partners

New York, New York, United States

Laude

Santa Clara University

About

Darius is the founder of Laude, a professional networking community for ambitious college students. Laude supports students by providing access to proven networking strategies that accelerate their journey to landing their dream career. Darius has networked his way into companies like Goldman Sachs, BCG, JP Morgan, and others, before choosing to start his career at Insight Partners. All via cold email outreach. Darius was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He currently resides in the Bay Area at Santa Clara University.

Memberships

Laude
Collegiate Organization
Member since Apr 2025
Your career, starts here. We support students from universities around the world in landing competitive career opportunities. Our platform offers a vibrant student community, membership benefits, personalized coaching, recruiting courses, and fellowships. Fellowships are our flagship service. We select a hyper-curated cohort of students and guide them step-by-step to careers in Investment Banking, Consulting, Private Equity, Tech, and Venture Capital over a live, multi-week experience. We've helped several students land careers at firms like Goldman Sachs, Google, Morgan Stanley, KKR, McKinsey, BCG, and JP Morgan, among many others. If you're interested in accelerating your career journey and surrounding yourself with a driven network of high-potential students, we invite you to join the Laude community and land interviews, anywhere. ... read more

Experience

Founder
Laude
January 2023 - Present • 2 yrs 4 mos
Investment Banking
Goldman Sachs
June 2021 - August 2021 • 3 mos
$5B in TV. Largest consumer IPO in past 20 yrs. Return Offer.... read more
Investor
Insight Partners
January 2021 - Present • 4 yrs 4 mos
Consulting
Boston Consulting Group
January 2021 - May 2021 • 5 mos
Summer 2022 return offer. ... read more
Partner
Dorm Room Fund
January 2020 - January 2023 • 3 yrs 1 mos
Investing in student founders. Leading the blueprint program helping diverse students & professionals break into venture capital.... read more

Education

Santa Clara University