Experience

Calm Ventures

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder/GP

  • 2020 - Present

  Los Angeles County, California, United States Calm Ventures is a venture capital and growth equity firm focused on breakout technologies. Since starting Calm Ventures in 2020, Calm has grown to over $140,000,000 in AUM across 250+ companies and 6,000+ 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 Apply to our Rolling Fund: https://venture.angellist.com/v/back/calm-ventures-rolling-fund Calm Ventures… Show more Calm Ventures is a venture capital and growth equity firm focused on breakout technologies. Since starting Calm Ventures in 2020, Calm has grown to over $140,000,000 in AUM across 250+ companies and 6,000+ 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 Apply to our Rolling Fund: https://venture.angellist.com/v/back/calm-ventures-rolling-fund 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 • Spartan Radar • Bowery Farming* • Jadu.AR • Alloy Therapeutics • Turing* • Anthropic* • Workstream • EasyKnock • Caribou* • Betterfly* • Quicknode, • Capchase • Rain Neumorphics • Humane* • Renewal Bio • Motion • Enable • 30 Madison* • Boulder Care • Republic* • Equi • Messari • Catch & Release • Ochre Bio • Palmetto Solar* • Ocient • Shef • Journey Clinical • 3Box Labs • Brave Health • Capstack • Choco • SteadyMD • Colossal* • Flutterwave* • Overtime • OpenSea* • Nillion Show less



Gaingels

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Partner

  • 2020 - Present

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



Stateless Ventures

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Partner

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area A Crypto Asset Investment Firm



Independent

• Startup Investor

  • 2017 - Present

  Greater New York City Area 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.



OCV

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2019 - 2020

  Greater Los Angeles Area



Wild Ventures

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

• MBA Associate

  • 2018 - 2018

  Greater Los Angeles Area



Skyview Capital

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• MBA Associate

  • 2018 - 2018

  Greater Los Angeles Area



Viant Group

• United States
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Banking Associate

  • 2016 - 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area Viant Group is a boutique merchant bank providing merger and acquisition and capital raising services to emerging, high-growth companies Sell-Side Transaction Experience: – Sale of Citizen to Ernst & Young (January 2018) – Sale of Dashboard Technologies to CDK Global (October 2017) – Sale of Survox to Enghouse Systems (September 2017) – Sale of Ctuit to Compeat/Serent Capital (August 2017) – Sale of Blab Technologies to Deloitte (August 2017) – Sale of gen-E… Show more Viant Group is a boutique merchant bank providing merger and acquisition and capital raising services to emerging, high-growth companies Sell-Side Transaction Experience: – Sale of Citizen to Ernst & Young (January 2018) – Sale of Dashboard Technologies to CDK Global (October 2017) – Sale of Survox to Enghouse Systems (September 2017) – Sale of Ctuit to Compeat/Serent Capital (August 2017) – Sale of Blab Technologies to Deloitte (August 2017) – Sale of gen-E Technologies to Confidential (April 2017) – Sale of Idea Couture to Cognizant Technology Solutions (August 2016) – Sale of Damballa to K1 Investment Management (August 2016) – Sale of Entwine AG to Extron Electronics (August 2015)

• Investment Banking Analyst

  • 2014 - 2016

  San Francisco Bay Area



Myngle

• CEO & Founder

  • 2013 - 2014

  San Francisco Bay Area



EDM Stubs

• Sole Proprietor

  • 2010 - 2014

  New York Ticket-resale business and website for music concerts and sports events generating gross revenues of $600,000+