Peter Zakin
Investor at Upfront Ventures
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2023 - Current
Upfront Ventures is the venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology companies.
Co-Founder
2019 - 2022
Macro is a new approach for creating operational processes.
Member
2019 - 2020
South Park Commons is a fund and community of technologists dedicated to helping each other explore, learn, and go from -1 to 0.
Senior Product Manager
2016 - 2018
Product Manager for the Marketplace and Company Profile teams.
Tradeshift is a cloud-based business network connecting buyers and suppliers.
Raised $1,131,000,000.00 from LUN Partners Group, Notion Capital, AYTK, Doha Venture Capital, HSBC, IDC Ventures, The Private Shares Fund, GS Growth, Fuel Venture Capital and CrossWork.us.
Co Founder
2014 - 2016
Co-founded Hyper - a corporate travel management solution - in 2014. Hyper was acquired in 2016 by Tradeshift.
Software Engineer + Product Manager
2012 - 2014
Software engineer (platform and iOS) and Product Manager.
Venmo offers an app that allows users to share and make payments with friends for a variety of services.
Raised $1,300,000.00 from Lerer Hippeau, RRE Ventures, Accel and Greycroft.
Founder
2010 - 2012
Y Combinator backed startup in the social space.
Summer Associate
2011 - 2011
Summer Branch Manager
2009 - 2009
Independently managed branches in Manhattan and Suffolk County, tutoring students for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, and high school mathematics.
Intern
2008 - 2008
2U is a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service platform that provides schools with the comprehensive operating infrastructure.
Raised $426,875,000.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners, 137 Ventures, Rethink Education, Redpoint, Highland Capital Partners, Hilman Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, QED Investors and City Light Capital.
Education
B.A.
2008 - 2012