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Zoe Perret

Early Stage Investor at Initialized Capital

New York, New York

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2024

  • Principal

    2022

    Principal investor supporting ambitious early-stage founders...generalist at seed stage, but have a particular love for climate & AI solutions. We're a team of founders and builders who are here to help others like us build meaningful businesses. We focus on investing in high-potential startups at seed stage, and are happy to be the first investors in early teams run by great engineers, designers and product founders.

  • Head of Strategic Operations

    2021 - 2022

    Firm Strategy / Operations / Founder Programs and Support / Follow on Fundraising / Growth / Hiring and Developing Talent

  • Strategic Operations Lead

    2020 - 2021

    First operations hire- developed foundational processes/programs for firm growth

  • Director, Board Of Directors

    2021

    Our mission is to provide community-based housing and comprehensive services to women, including women with children, to support them in overcoming poverty, homelessness, addiction, trauma, and the effects of incarceration, in order to build lives of stability, and to define and realize goals for themselves and for their families.

2016 - 2020

  • Institutional Client Business / Capital Formation

    2018 - 2020

    Capital Raising and LP Relationship Manager

  • Strategic Partnerships

    2016 - 2018

    Institutional Client Business and development- global suite of funds

2018 - 2020

  • Board Member, Fundraising Committee Chair

    2018 - 2020

    Oasisforgirls.org Founded in 1999, Oasis For Girls partners with young women of color from under-resourced communities in San Francisco to help them cultivate the skills, knowledge, and confidence to discover their dreams and build strong futures.

  • Member

    2015 - 2019

2013 - 2016

  • Founder

    2013 - 2016

    Financial education startup tackling the black box of fundamentals and nuances of financial literacy.

2015 - 2016

  • Venture Analyst

    2015 - 2016

    Arrowroot Capital is a growth equity firm based in Santa Monica, California that invests in growing saas businesses.

2014 - 2015

  • Investment Analyst

    2014 - 2015

    Split time between growth and value investment teams- researcher building theses, memos, and models for investment decisions

  • Business Development and Promotions

    2013 - 2014

    • Developed marketing strategies with partners sponsoring the 2013 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience through radio and promotional campaigns • Interfaced with marketing, social media, and public relations representatives for bands contracted to perform at the 2013 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience • Managed content and social outlets for all social based promotions • Assisted in managing sponsors and partners during the 2013, 3 day music festival

  • Judicial Extern under Judge Jay C. Zainey

    2012 - 2013

    Assisted Judge in trials, hearings, sentencing conferences, courtroom proceedings and pretrial conferences on a variety of civil and criminal cases