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Zee Schwab

Executive venture operator and founder specializing in AI, deep tech, and early-stage investing

Actuate Ventures9 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Founder-operator with investor experience who has built a seed-stage company to live usage, meaningful DAUs, a large waitlist, and roughly $1.2M raised. Has operated on both sides of the startup ecosystem—as a Techstars founder raising from firms and as a VC deploying capital—and brings a rigorous, user-first approach to evaluating and scaling new ventures.

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Key Strengths

  • founded a seed-stage company with traction
  • raised approximately $1.2M in funding
  • built product with live users, DAUs, and a large waitlist
  • created virality-driven growth strategy on social platforms
  • experience on both founder and VC sides of the table
  • Techstars participant
  • disciplined idea validation through user interviews and prototypes
  • strong product intuition around user pain, behavior change, and product pull
  • balances user demand with market size, distribution, and timing analysis
  • high commitment and resilience for long-term company building

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Experience

CIOAyin Holdings · Mar 2025 – Sep 2025
Partner / Deal ManagerActuate Ventures · Jan 2024 – Present
Independent ConsultantZiL · Feb 2021 – Presentfreelance
Co-FounderColumn · Nov 2020 – Jan 2024
Co-FounderSayar Care · Nov 2016 – Mar 2022

Skills

Go-to-market strategyCybersecurityTeam buildingprototypingCompany formationVenture studio operationsZero-to-one strategyProduct strategyFundraisingInvestor readinessMarket analysisCompetitive analysisFinancial modelingDue diligenceInvestment committee memos

Languages

English

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Zee SchwabExecutive venture operator and founder specializing in AI, deep tech, and early-stage investing