Arek Zarowski
Partner at The 21 Fund
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2023 - Current
SE Ventures is a $1.1 billion venture fund founded to invest in daring entrepreneurs in climate, AI and industrials.
SE Ventures is a $1B+ global venture capital fund backed by Schneider Electric.
Partner
2021
The 21 Fund is a seed fund building and investing in the next generation of Stanford Graduate School of Business startups.
The 21 Fund is an investment firm that builds and invests in the next generation of Stanford Graduate School of Business startup companies.
Angel Investor
2020
Enterprise/AI: Anthropic, Rewind AI, Pocus, Airplane.dev (acquired by Airtable), Replit, Thirdweb, Stripe, Orum, Appflowy, and other unannounced Climate & Industrials Tech: Antora Energy, Vannevar Labs, Apex Space, Swarm Aero, Atomic Semi, Noya, Byterat, Solid World, Verse, US Bitcoin Corporation (merger with $HUT), and other unannounced
Investor
2024
Verse is a Gen AI Platform for Clean Energy Procurement.
Investor
2024
Antora Energy is electrifying heavy industry with thermal energy storage for zero-carbon heat and power.
Antora Energy is electrifying heavy industry with thermal energy storage for zero-carbon heat and power.
Raised $219,959,779.00 from ARPA-E.
Investor
2024
Enter is a #1 building energy and carbon audit platform in Europe.
Board Observer
2024
Fabric8Labs, Inc. is revolutionizing metal additive manufacturing with its advanced 3D printing technologies.
Fabric8Labs is a machinery company that specializes in metal 3D printing.
Raised $73,347,539.00 from TDK Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Ericsson Ventures, imec.xpand, Intel Capital, SE Ventures and Lam Capital.
Member of The Supervisory Board
2024
AIP Seed is a VC fund investing at the early seed stage in CEE Region.
Principal
2021 - 2023
Obvious is a venture capital firm with over $1.1B AUM investing in early-stage, purpose-driven entrepreneurs reimagining trillion-dollar industries. Sourced investments/Board Observers: * Enterprise/AI: Cal.com, Howdy, * Climate and Industrials: Arbor, Senken, SINAI Technologies, AiFleet
Investing in entrepreneurs who are reimagining trillion-dollar industries across planetary, human, and economic health.
GTM / Product
2020 - 2021
A new doc for teams. Reinventing docs, spreadsheets and apps @ Coda.io
Coda is a document collaboration platform that brings data and teams together.
Raised $240,000,000.00 from Alumni Ventures, General Catalyst, Greylock, Alumni Ventures, Underscore VC, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Castor Ventures and Madrona.