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Where Returns Lie in Venture Capital
Talks about early-stage venture investing, multi-stage investment platforms and AI deals
KZ
Kevin Zhang
Investor
New York, New York
Overview
Kevin Zhang is an Investor based in New York, New York, with experience at FirstMark Capital and Fusion Fund, focusing on investing in Series A, Seed, and Pre-seed stages in sectors such as Enterprise and AI. He holds a Master of Science from Carnegie Mellon University and has a background in software engineering at Salesforce, with expertise in C, C++, and various programming languages.
Kevin Zhang has a strong track record in venture capital, having co-founded Shadow AI and worked as an Associate at Fusion Fund, specializing in investing in startups in the San Francisco Bay Area. His background in software engineering at Salesforce and academic achievements from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Toronto provide a solid foundation for his current role as an Investor.
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2023 - 2024
Collaborative image generation for teams
Investor
2022 - 2023
Early-stage investing Heavily involved: Dataiku (Series F), Finegrain AI (Series Seed), Synthesia (Series C), Pigment (Series C), undisclosed (Series Seed), Sparta Commodities (Series A)
FirstMark Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs making their mark on the world.
Associate
2021 - 2022
Early-stage investing Select investments: You.com, Lambdragon
Fusion Fund invests in early stage companies with technological and data advantages in industrial, enterprise, and healthcare applications.
Senior Software Engineer
2020 - 2021
Salesforce Anywhere, Quip (2020-present)
Software Engineer
2019 - 2020
Einstein Voice Assistant, Salesforce Research (2019-2020)
Associate Software Engineer
2018 - 2019
Field Service Lightning (2018-2019)
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications.
Raised $65,375,124.00 from Starboard Value.
Software Engineering Intern
2017 - 2017
Data engineering at Data.com
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications.
Raised $65,375,124.00 from Starboard Value.
Graduate Research Assistant
2016 - 2016
Drone training in virtual reality
Computer Engineering Intern
2014 - 2015
Advanced prototyping @ Chairman Projects
SAP IoT Start up Accelerator is a global co-innovation program for B2B startups innovating in the world of the Internet of Things.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
2014 - 2014
Database performance leveraging FPGAs
Software Engineering Intern
2012 - 2012
Editorial Intern
2011 - 2011
Education
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Zombiecalypse in Startupland
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