Zach Malone
Partner at Magarac Venture Partners
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Magarac Venture Partners is a venture firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Principal
2011
Draper Triangle Ventures partners with the Midwest’s most extraordinary entrepreneurs who set out to change the world. Founded in 1999, Draper Triangle has invested in many of the Midwest’s most successful startups including TOA Technologies, Renal Solutions, BodyMedia, CardioInsight, and Carnegie Learning. DTVC partners with early stage companies to create iconic and disruptive businesses in emerging markets including software, robotics, and medical devices. Draper Triangle is a proud member of the Draper Venture Network, a robust venture collective bringing together experienced investors and innovative entrepreneurs from around the globe. Through the network, members can leverage the collective intelligence of 100+ investors with more than $3B invested in 500+ ventures.
Draper Triangle Ventures is a Pittsburgh based Venture Capital firm that partners with the Midwest's most Extraordinary Entrepreneurs.
Board Member
2015
Thread (parent company of Day Owl and the First Mile Coalition) transforms trash in the developing world into dignified jobs and the most responsible fabric on the planet.
Thread transforms plastic waste from the developing world into socially and environmentally responsible fabric.
Raised $9,720,950.00 from Riverfront Ventures, DNS Capital and Draper Triangle.
Board Member
2018
Locomation develops safe and reliable autonomous trucking solutions.
Locomation develops safe and reliable autonomous trucking solutions.
Raised $57,023,032.00 from Proeza Ventures, AV8 Ventures, Sahin Boydas, ScaleX Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures and Draper Triangle.
Board Member
2012
The Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association was founded in 1982 to catalyze venture investment and entrepreneurialism in Western Pennsylvania. Since then it has become the leading voice of private equity investors in the region.
Member Board Of Directors
2021
Board Member
2019 - 2022
Ikos is delivering a flexible on-demand leasing service for busy investors and analyzing internal data to guide future client investments.
Board Member
2016 - 2019
ContainerShip.io is a Hybrid-Cloud CaaS Platform that allows users to deploy and manage containers across any cloud or server
Containership is a Kubernetes based enterprise Containers-as-a-Service platform with supp
Raised $2,606,729.00 from Draper Triangle, Birchmere Ventures and Innovation Works.
Board Member
2011 - 2019
The Pittsburgh Film Office markets the greater southwestern Pennsylvania region as a great location for movie, television and commercial productions. Since its inception in 1990, the PFO has assisted more than 116 feature films and television productions to southwestern Pennsylvania to generate an economic impact of more than $660 million for the region.
Pittsburgh Film Office is a non-profit economic development agency dedicated to the mission of marketing to the film industry.
Raised $200,000.00 from Citizens Bank.
Board Member
2013 - 2017
The Global Shapers Community is a network of city-based Hubs developed and led by young leaders between 20 and 30 years old who want to develop their leadership potential towards serving society. To that end, Hubs undertake local projects to improve their communities.
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
2003 - 2008