Zoe Perret
Partner at Initialized Capital
Zoe Perret
Partner at Initialized Capital
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2024 - Current
Principal
2022
Principal investor supporting ambitious early-stage founders...generalist at seed stage, but have a particular love for climate & AI solutions. We're a team of founders and builders who are here to help others like us build meaningful businesses. We focus on investing in high-potential startups at seed stage, and are happy to be the first investors in early teams run by great engineers, designers and product founders.
Head of Strategic Operations
2021 - 2022
Firm Strategy / Operations / Founder Programs and Support / Follow on Fundraising / Growth / Hiring and Developing Talent
Strategic Operations Lead
2020 - 2021
First operations hire- developed foundational processes/programs for firm growth
Director, Board Of Directors
2021
Our mission is to provide community-based housing and comprehensive services to women, including women with children, to support them in overcoming poverty, homelessness, addiction, trauma, and the effects of incarceration, in order to build lives of stability, and to define and realize goals for themselves and for their families.
Institutional Client Business / Capital Formation
2018 - 2020
Capital Raising and LP Relationship Manager
Strategic Partnerships
2016 - 2018
Institutional Client Business and development- global suite of funds
Board Member, Fundraising Committee Chair
2018 - 2020
Oasisforgirls.org Founded in 1999, Oasis For Girls partners with young women of color from under-resourced communities in San Francisco to help them cultivate the skills, knowledge, and confidence to discover their dreams and build strong futures.
Member
2015 - 2019
Founder
2013 - 2016
Financial education startup tackling the black box of fundamentals and nuances of financial literacy.
Venture Analyst
2015 - 2016
Arrowroot Capital is a growth equity firm based in Santa Monica, California that invests in growing saas businesses.
Investment Analyst
2014 - 2015
Split time between growth and value investment teams- researcher building theses, memos, and models for investment decisions
Business Development and Promotions
2013 - 2014
• Developed marketing strategies with partners sponsoring the 2013 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience through radio and promotional campaigns • Interfaced with marketing, social media, and public relations representatives for bands contracted to perform at the 2013 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience • Managed content and social outlets for all social based promotions • Assisted in managing sponsors and partners during the 2013, 3 day music festival
Judicial Extern under Judge Jay C. Zainey
2012 - 2013
Assisted Judge in trials, hearings, sentencing conferences, courtroom proceedings and pretrial conferences on a variety of civil and criminal cases