Hi, I’m JZ.

Prior to full-time investing, I was head of Operations and Finance for two venture-backed startups. I raised several million dollars, led an exit, and managed a few dozen employees.

I lead early stage investments—often as a startup’s first institutional check—for Betaworks, an NY-based venture capital firm.

Prior to full-time investing, I was head of Operations and Finance for two venture-backed startups. I raised several million dollars, led an exit, and managed a few dozen employees. So as to understand the larger players, I launched my career working on the strategy and development teams for Sony and Citigroup.

I’m a huge diversity and inclusion advocate. I co-chair VC efforts for All Raise, a platform empowering female founders and funders and serve as the youngest board member of NFTE, a national nonprofit that provides entrepreneurship training to high schoolers from low-income communities.

Some companies I’ve invested in and partnered with:

Good Goods, Readocracy, Rownd, Blockchain Art, Charm, Superplastic, Unsplash (acq: Getty), Trash (acq: VSCO)

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