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Adam Zeplain

Co-Founder + Managing Partner at mark vc

Austin, Texas

Investor
VC
Founder

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

Locations:

Austin, Texas

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Strategic Planning
Marketing Strategy
Fundraising
Business Strategy
Strategic Communications
Direct Sales
New Business Development
Social Networking
Start-up Consulting
Outside Sales
Strategic Partnerships
Early Stage Companies
Early Stage Ventures
Strategy
Leadership
Competitive Analysis
Entrepreneurship
Business Development
CRM

Education

Investments

Prima

Seed

Total Funding: $12M

Full Harvest

Series A

Total Funding: $34M

Herb

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Work Experience

mark vc

2016

  • Co-Founder + Managing Partner

    2016

Andela

2018

  • Advisory Council

    2018

    Andela provides companies with access to the top 1% of global tech talent. We identify high-potential developers on the African continent, shape them into world-class technical leaders, and pair them with companies as full-time, distributed team members. Accelerate your product roadmap while minimizing time spent interviewing, on-boarding, and training new hires. Andela is backed by investors including Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV, Spark Capital, Omidyar Network, Susa Ventures, Steve Case, Founder Collective, Learn Capital and more. Learn more about us at www.andela.com.

Ostro

2019

  • Founding Strategic Advisor

    2019

data.world

2016

  • Advisor

    2016

    We are building the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world.

Credo Foods

2019

  • Advisor

    2019

    Reintroducing people to plants 🌱

Life by Spot

2018

  • Advisor

    2018

    SPOT is the solution to the complicated, confusing, and expensive process to acquire life insurance. For the first time consumers will have the ability to purchase short term insurance for a nominal fee through SPOT's simple mobile application for 100's of activities ranging from scuba diving, skydiving, surfing, etc...

CAVU Venture Partners (Fund I & II)

2016

  • Limited Partner

    2016

    CAVU Venture Partners is a consumer-focused investment firm focused on better-for-you branded consumer products companies with a concentration in Food and Beverage. Other areas of focus include Pet, Personal Care & Beauty, Apparel, Retail and Household Products. CAVU's Portfolio Includes | Bai (Acq. Dr. Pepper Snapple), Health-Ade Kombucha, High Brew Coffee, Chef's Cut Beef Jerkey, Thrive Market, WTRMLN Water, Nulo Pet Food, Kite Hill, and many others. CAVU currently has offices and additional personnel in Austin, New York and Los Angeles.

Build Acquisition Corp.

2021 - 2023

  • Advisor

    2021 - 2023

    Build Acquisition Corp., led by Lanham Napier, Zeynep Young and Tanner Cerand as well as board members Noam Ohana, Owen Van Natta and James C. Weaver, is a newly incorporated blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the software and technology-enabled services industries in North America.

prima

2018 - 2023

  • Founding Strategic Advisor

    2018 - 2023

Soma Capital

2016 - 2022

  • Board of Advisors

    2016 - 2022

    Soma Capital is an early stage YC focused Venture Firm run by Aneel Ranadive. I served as an Advisor on Fund I.