Investment Thesis

Focus on Talent. Tapping into years of experience in curating exceptional talent and helping guide that talent through growth and learning in the program, we pride ourselves on our ability to recognize talent and help it thrive.

The ZEP Fund invests in talented program members and alumni working on problems that they are passionate about solving, that we believe can lead thriving businesses and have the creativity and gumption needed to succeed in changing and uncertain environments.

Deal Attributes:

Curated deal flow. ZEP Fund leadership are deeply involved with program members, alumni entrepreneurs and investors to source the very best investment opportunities for the ZEP Fund.

Know when to ‘Co’. The ZEP Fund relies on the breadth and depth of its relationships with the investor community to invest alongside funds that have domain expertise and experience that ZEP Fund leadership lacks.

Sector agnostic and opportunistic. Harnessing the diverse alumni network and local ecosystem, we have experts, mentors and operators in many industries and close relations with investors of a broad range of interests and stage.

Early stage focus. Making the most of the relatively smaller check size, the focus of the fund is in earlier stage companies.

Business Sense. Open to good business investments that may not show the scale needed for VC economics, i.e. Loox

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