Adam Zeplain

Co-Founder + Managing Partner

2016 - Current

Advisory Council

2018

Andela provides companies with access to the top 1% of global tech talent. We identify high-potential developers on the African continent, shape them into world-class technical leaders, and pair them with companies as full-time, distributed team members. Accelerate your product roadmap while minimizing time spent interviewing, on-boarding, and training new hires. Andela is backed by investors including Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV, Spark Capital, Omidyar Network, Susa Ventures, Steve Case, Founder Collective, Learn Capital and more. Learn more about us at www.andela.com.

Founding Strategic Advisor

2019

Advisor

2016

We are building the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world.

Advisor

2019

Reintroducing people to plants 🌱

Advisor

2018

SPOT is the solution to the complicated, confusing, and expensive process to acquire life insurance. For the first time consumers will have the ability to purchase short term insurance for a nominal fee through SPOT's simple mobile application for 100's of activities ranging from scuba diving, skydiving, surfing, etc...

Limited Partner

2016

CAVU Venture Partners is a consumer-focused investment firm focused on better-for-you branded consumer products companies with a concentration in Food and Beverage. Other areas of focus include Pet, Personal Care & Beauty, Apparel, Retail and Household Products. CAVU's Portfolio Includes | Bai (Acq. Dr. Pepper Snapple), Health-Ade Kombucha, High Brew Coffee, Chef's Cut Beef Jerkey, Thrive Market, WTRMLN Water, Nulo Pet Food, Kite Hill, and many others. CAVU currently has offices and additional personnel in Austin, New York and Los Angeles.

Advisor

2021 - 2023

Build Acquisition Corp., led by Lanham Napier, Zeynep Young and Tanner Cerand as well as board members Noam Ohana, Owen Van Natta and James C. Weaver, is a newly incorporated blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the software and technology-enabled services industries in North America.

Founding Strategic Advisor

2018 - 2023

Board of Advisors

2016 - 2022

Soma Capital is an early stage YC focused Venture Firm run by Aneel Ranadive. I served as an Advisor on Fund I.