JZ

Juan Zavala

Principal at New Markets Venture Partners

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2021

    Completed Deals: -App Academy (2021) -Mantra Health (2021) -Brains & Motion Education (2021) -Nexford University (2022) -Datapeople (2022) -Concentric Educational Solutions (2023) -Censia (2024) Board Director: -Brains & Motion Education (2023-Present) -CreatorUp (2023-Present) -Nexford University (2024-Present) Board Observer: -BetterLesson (2019-Present) -Brains & Motion Education (2021-2023) -Climb Credit (2021-Present) -CreatorUp (2021-2023) -App Academy (2021-Present) -Datapeople (2022-Present) -Nexford University (2022-2024) -Motimatic (2023-Present) -Concentric Educational Solutions (2023-Present) -Regent Education (2023-Present) -Censia (2024-Present) Additional Coverage: -Mantra Health (2021-Present)

  • Senior Associate

    2019 - 2021

    Venture Capital: Education and workforce technology New Markets Venture Partners is a leading early- and growth-stage venture capital firm that invests in and helps build transformative education, information technology, and business services companies that drive superior financial returns through high customer ROI.

2019 - 2019

  • Spring Associate

    2019 - 2019

    Investment Advisory: Impact investing Avivar Capital is a U.S.-based SEC registered investment advisory firm focused on managing impact investment portfolios and developing impact-driven funds and families of funds on behalf of clients. Avivar assists foundations, banks, and other institutional investors in the design and execution of impact investing strategy for financial, social, and environmental return.

2018 - 2018

  • Corporate M&A Summer Associate

    2018 - 2018

    Corporate Development: Financial services mergers & acquisitions in Latin America Credicorp Ltd. (NYSE: BAP) is the largest financial services holding company in Peru and its companies are organized into four main lines of business: Universal Banking, Insurance and Pensions, Microfinance, and Investment Banking and Wealth Management.

  • Investment Analyst

    2014 - 2017

    Private Equity: Lower middle market buyouts Siguler Guff is a multi-strategy private equity investment firm which, together with its affiliates, has over $13 billion of assets under management. With more than 20 years of experience investing as a firm in the private markets, Siguler Guff seeks to generate strong, risk-adjusted returns by focusing opportunistically on market niches.

2011 - 2014

  • Research Analytics Associate

    2013 - 2014

    Investment Consulting: Private equity manager and industry research

  • Research Associate

    2011 - 2013

    Investment Consulting: Client investment performance and data analysis Cambridge Associates is a privately held investment firm that provides investment portfolio management and advisory services to institutional investors, including foundations and endowments, pensions, private clients, and corporate and government entities.