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Ariel Zebaida

Executive Venture & Investment Professional specializing in early-career hiring tech and VC

StepStoneCornell UniversityNew York, NY7 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Former investment banker who built an AI hiring tech platform to automate early-stage undergraduate screening for investment banks, validated via discovery calls with heads of HR and tailored workflows to bank-specific recruiting needs. Strong 0-to-1 operator with a disciplined approach to problem selection, moat analysis, and lean go-to-market execution.

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Key Strengths

  • 0-to-1 venture building mindset (high-risk/high-reward)
  • Structured idea evaluation (urgency, competition/moat, founder-market fit)
  • B2B customer discovery with senior stakeholders (heads of HR)
  • Founder-market fit in investment banking recruiting (former investment banker with credibility/relationships)
  • Built an AI hiring platform automating early screening for investment banks
  • Lean GTM approach: single ICP, smallest valuable outcome, channel focus, conversation-first messaging, tight feedback loops

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Experience

Founder & CEOStepStone AI · Jan 2024 – Jan 2026
Senior Investment Associate3iMembers · Jul 2023 – Jan 2024
Investor, Founder of Fundraising & Marketing PlatformStartup Café · Dec 2022 – Nov 2023
Venture Capital & Growth Equity InvestorFifth Wall · Nov 2021 – Nov 2022
Investment Banking Analyst, Mergers & AcquisitionsEvercore · Jun 2019 – Oct 2021
Investment Banking Summer Analyst, Mergers & AcquisitionsEvercore · Jun 2018 – Aug 2018internship

Education

Cornell Universitybachelor, Industrial and Labor Relations (2019)

Skills

Business DevelopmentNegotiationSalesVendor ManagementGo-to-market strategyAccretion/Dilution AnalysisAI Hiring PlatformsAssessment DesignAssessment WorkflowsAsset-Level Financial ModelingBlockchainComparable Companies AnalysisCompetitive Sourcing StrategyConvertible NotesCustomer Discovery

Languages

EnglishHebrew

Certifications

Series 79Series 63Expert Excel Certification

Memberships

  • Delta Sigma Pi
  • TAMID Consulting and Financial Group

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Ariel ZebaidaExecutive Venture & Investment Professional specializing in early-career hiring tech and VC