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Zal Bilimoria
Solo Capitalist at Refactor Capital
Burlingame, California
Overview
Zal Bilimoria is a Solo Capitalist at Refactor in Burlingame, California, with a background that includes being a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a Senior Product Manager at LinkedIn. He has made impactful investments in various companies such as Rubedo Life Sciences and Astranis, showcasing expertise in sectors like EnergyTech, BioTech, and AI.
Bilimoria's career highlights include serving as a Board Member at Solugen and co-founding Sniply, along with a track record of successful investments in companies like Parallel Bio and Knowde.
Work Experience
Solo Capitalist
2015 - Current
Refactor is a seed VC firm backing hard tech founders, mostly in bio and climate.
Refactor Capital is a seed stage VC firm investing $1-2M into hard tech startups from its 4th fund, $50M in size.
Board Member
2017
Solugen manufactures chemicals using biology.
Solugen is a carbon negative moleucle factory that replaces petroleum-based products with plant-derived substitutes.
Raised $855,771,000.00 from US Department of Energy.
Partner
2013 - 2015
Investment team. Helped launch firm's first sector-specific fund, Bio Fund 1, in 2015.
Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.
Senior Product Manager
2012 - 2013
Senior PM for premium subs and Sales Navigator (4th revenue line for LinkedIn).
Find Jobs, Internships, and volunteer openings for teen students!
Head of Mobile
2011 - 2012
Senior PM, launched all-new phone & tablet apps in 2011, the year after the iPad debuted.
Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies.
Raised $4,907,714,724.00 from Saul Bisht and TCV.
Co-Founder/CEO
2010 - 2011
Google Reader-like news app built by founders from Google and Microsoft.
Product Manager
2006 - 2010
PM for YouTube monetization and rich media ads.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Product Manager
2004 - 2006
Windows PM, reducing piracy in BRICs & driving genuine Windows adoption.
Microsoft Advertising provides digital advertising solutions.
Education
BS
2000 - 2004
Investments
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