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Building an Internet for Machines
Talks about Internet of Things, Space and Satellite Technology
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Jay Zaveri
Founder of Natural Capital
Campbell, California
Overview
Jay Zaveri is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with a strong track record of building successful start-ups and advising companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently serving as the Founder & Partner at Natural Capital, he has also held key advisory and board director positions at various innovative companies, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and strategic partnerships.
Zaveri's career highlights include founding Natural Capital and advising companies like Relativity Space, Saildrone Inc, and xAI, demonstrating his ability to lead successful ventures and provide strategic guidance to emerging technologies and start-ups in the education, clean tech, and health sectors.
Work Experience
Founder & Partner
2019 - Current
Building the future with entrepreneurs, technology, and capital. #Day1
Board Director
2022
Aether Bio is a developer of machine learning technology used to re-purpose enzymes in order to create a new compound.
Raised $49,093,616.00 from Natural Capital, Unless, Amplifier and Good AI Capital.
Board Director
2019
Ashvattha Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that creates products that selectively target and treat human diseases.
Raised $98,000,000.00 from Modi Ventures, Plum Alley, Tribe Capital, Huadong Medicine and Natural Capital Investment Fund.
Advisor
2018
Authorium is a cloud-based platform to improve government procurement, budget, policies, HR and grant processes.
Raised $12,000,000.00 from Nellore Capital, SJF Ventures, ServiceNow and TFJ Capital.
Advisor
2018
4DX Ventures is an early-stage project capital firm that builds the transformative businesses with entrepreneurs leveraging technology.
Advisor
2019
Board Director
2021 - 2024
Groq radically simplifies compute to accelerate workloads in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing.
Raised $362,550,552.00 from SGH CAPITAL.
Board Director
2021 - 2024
Board Director
2017 - 2021
AI copilot for your own research, notes & conversations
Raised $6,500,000.00 from Sahin Boydas, Abstract, Ride Ventures, Spacecadet Ventures, Spark Capital, Alumni Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Firsthand.vc, Unpopular Ventures and Bossa Invest.
Board Director
2019 - 2024
Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D printed rockets.
Raised $1,355,719,978.00 from K5 Global and Arvin Bhangu.
Board Director
2018 - 2024
Saildrone manufactures and operates a fleet of the capable and proven unmanned surface vehicles.
Raised $189,500,000.00 from Social Capital, Tribe Capital, Haystack, XN-Ventures, Bond, Standard Investment, Emerson Collective, Capricorn Investment Group, Sand Hill Angels and CCIX Global.