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Zachary Ginsburg

Founder of Deal Sheet

Los Angeles, California

Overview 

Zachary Ginsburg is the Founder & Managing Partner at Calm Ventures, with notable achievements including investing in companies like Overtime, Omaze, and Headspace. He also co-founded Last Money In Media, a newsletter aimed at helping people access and evaluate the VC ecosystem, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and venture capital.

Work Experience 

  • Founder/GP

    2020 - Current

    Calm Ventures (calmvc.com) is a venture capital and growth equity firm focused on breakout technologies. Since starting Calm Ventures in 2020, Calm has grown to over $150,000,000 in AUM across 300+ companies and 6,500+ LPs, investing in some of the most prominent technology and services businesses globally including. Apply to our syndicate: https://angel.co/s/zachary-ginsburg/838XS Calm Ventures has invested in 250+ startups; a selection of Calm’s investments as follows [unicorns (companies w/ a $1B+ valuation) are indicated with a *]: Select Calm led investments: • SpaceX* • Worldcoin* • Fetch Rewards* • Cartography • Sandbox VR • Runway • Jackpocket • Weights & Biases* • People.ai* • Brex* • Epirus* • Kojo • Raydiant • Esper • Jadu.AR • Alloy Therapeutics • Turing* • Anthropic* • Workstream • EasyKnock • Caribou* • Betterfly* • Quicknode, • Capchase • Rain Neumorphics • Humane* • Renewal Bio • Motion • Enable • 30 Madison* • Republic* • Equi • Messari • Ochre Bio • Palmetto Solar* • Ocient • Shef • Journey Clinical • 3Box Labs • Brave Health • Capstack • Choco • SteadyMD • Colossal* • Flutterwave* • Overtime • Mistral* • Hiive • Minicircle • OpenSea* • Nillion

Venture capital and growth equity firm focused on emerging technologies and brands

  • Co-Founder

    2024

    The best actively investible venture capital startup opportunities delivered to your inbox weekly. Join: https://getdealsheet.lastmoneyin.co/

  • Co-Founder

    2023

    the #1 newsletter on VC syndicates subscribe: https://lastmoneyin.beehiiv.com/

  • Venture Partner

    2020

    Gaingels is the leading venture investment firm in service of the LGBT+ and URM communities and its allies.

Gaingels provides funding to startup companies and supports diversity and inclusion within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

  • Venture Scout

    2023

    data-driven venture capital firm - Sonos, The RealReal, Creditas, Sorare, Pismo, AppFolio, goPuff, Acorns, Farfetch, Segment, Bumble and Yeahka

Headline is a global venture capital firm investing in winning teams across stages and geographies.

  • Venture Partner

    2022

    A Crypto Asset Investment Firm (Celestia, Lava Networks, Ostium, etc.)

  • Startup Investor

    2017

    Investor in 300+ startups including Coinbase, Mercury Bank, Lambda School, Superhuman, Rainbow Wallet, Substack, Mud Wtr, Public, Bolt, Flexport, FalconX, Wyre, ZedRun, 0x, Standard Cognition, Ava Labs, Mainstreet, Sendbird, etc.

  • Investor

    2019 - 2020

Los Angeles based technology venture fund

  • MBA Associate

    2018 - 2018

Wild Ventures is an influencer-based fund that focuses on consumer health products and technology.

  • MBA Associate

    2018 - 2018

Skyview Ventures is an internally managed pool of partners’ capital that will invest in high growth companies in Southern California.

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