YZ

Yipeng Zhao

Managing Partner at Embark Ventures

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Yipeng Zhao is the Managing Partner at Embark Ventures, where he co-founded the company. With a background in investment management and experience as a Kauffman Fellow, he specializes in investing in various sectors including Medical Devices, AgTech, and AI, focusing on stages like Seed and Series A funding. Highlights of his career include co-founding Embark Ventures and serving as a Kauffman Fellow, showcasing his expertise in investment management and his commitment to supporting early-stage companies in diverse sectors such as Medical Devices and AI.

Work Experience 

EV

Embark Ventures

  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    2017 - Current

    Embark Ventures is a Los Angeles based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments. We are particularly interested in frontier/deep tech where technology creates a defensible competitive advantage. Specific areas of interest include Advanced Materials, biotech, cybersecurity, AI, machine learning, robotics, and emerging platforms such as voice, and autonomous vehicles. We have a particular interest in Southern California companies but invest nationally.

KF

Kauffman Fellows

  • Kauffman Fellow - Class 22

    2017

Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows

kauffmanfellows.org

ZMXY Global Investment, Inc.

  • Director

    2014 - 2017

    In charge of the US office of ZhongMei XingYuan (Beijing) Technology, Ltd., a China-based investment company. Worked on the equity investment of YangQuan City Commercial Bank, a mid-size commercial bank based in YangQuan, China.

AI

ArcheMatrix Investment Group, LLC

  • Managing Partner

    2015 - 2017

    Early stage venture investing.

ArcheMatrix Ventures is an Early-stage venture capital firm.

archematrix.com
MS

Michigan State University

  • Research Assistant

    2011 - 2012

    Monte Carlo simulation study in STATA. Programming in STATA/MATA. Program the new STATA program for Andrews (1991) data dependent bandwidth.

Education 

Articles About Yipeng

Relevant Websites