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Evan Rama (born November 15, 2004) is an American entrepreneur, startup founder, and comedian from Dallas, Texas. He is best known as the creator and host of Kupid, a live comedy dating show that has toured over 25 university campuses across the United States, attracting more than 15,000 in-person attendees and generating over 300 million views across social media platforms.
Early Life and Education
Evan Rama was born on November 15, 2004, in Dallas, Texas. He developed an early interest in performance arts, joining theatre at the age of 15 and rising to become one of the top performers in his state. He later enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business, where he attended as a junior before making the decision to leave and pursue his entrepreneurial ventures full-time.
Career
Origins of Kupid
While living in the Jester dormitories at the University of Texas at Austin, Rama conceived the idea for Kupid — a live, in-person comedy dating show designed to counter what he saw as the impersonal nature of algorithm-driven dating apps. To fund and market his first event, he worked as a DoorDash driver, covering more than 70 miles of deliveries. He also spent six months walking around campus in a jester costume, distributing flyers and building word-of-mouth awareness for the show.
His first event sold out entirely. Footage from the show went viral on TikTok, accumulating 15 million views and 700,000 shares, which rapidly expanded Kupid's audience beyond the University of Texas campus.
National College Tours
Following the success of the debut show, Kupid expanded into a traveling college comedy dating show with two national tours. The tours reached over 25 universities across the United States, selling out all 25 of 25 scheduled shows and drawing over 15,000 in-person attendees in total. The show received coverage from Fox News and The Five, as well as from university newspapers including The Daily Texan and The Battalion at Texas A&M University, and from NYU's Washington Square News.
The Kupid show format involves live audience participation, with audience members voting to determine connections made on stage. Attendees are required to download the Kupid app to access tickets, creating a direct pipeline from live event attendance to app user acquisition.
Digital Reach and Social Media
Kupid's social media strategy centered on converting live show footage into short-form video content distributed primarily on TikTok and Instagram. The cumulative social media output from the show's tours generated over 300 million views across platforms. Rama has attributed much of the show's growth to this content flywheel: live events produce footage, footage produces viral content, and viral content generates demand for future shows at new campuses.
Entrepreneurship
Rama bootstrapped Kupid entirely through personal funds, primarily earnings from food delivery driving, before the show's viral growth attracted sponsorship partners. Corporate sponsors for Kupid have included Opill, Fetii, Easel AI, and Pinyada. Rama has also built a team including a C-suite, after initially running operations solo for the first several months.
He was featured in the entrepreneurship publication StarterSky and profiled in the New York Weekly Journal, with coverage noting his goal to create an in-person and online hybrid dating experience that prioritises genuine human interaction.
Recognition and Media Coverage
Rama and Kupid have been featured in multiple media outlets, including:
- The Daily Texan (University of Texas at Austin student newspaper), multiple features in 2024 and 2025
- The Battalion (Texas A&M University student newspaper)
- Washington Square News (New York University student newspaper)
- Fox News and The Five
- StarterSky founder profile series
- New York Weekly Journal
- Taylor Lorenz's User Mag newsletter
Online Presence
- TikTok: [@evanrrama](https://www.tiktok.com/@evanrrama)
- X (Twitter): [@Evanrrama](https://x.com/Evanrrama)
- LinkedIn: [linkedin.com/in/evanrama](https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanrama/)
References