Associate & Member of Investment Committee
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The official roster identifies Samo Zalesak as Associate & Member of Investment Committee. This profile applies ZAKA VC's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority or a narrower individual mandate. Relevant founder fit follows the firm's thesis: Back globally ambitious entrepreneurs in Europe and North America, with particular interest in health, biotech and industrial technologies that can scale sustainably.
At firm level, ZAKA VC is aligned with back globally ambitious entrepreneurs in Europe and North America, with particular interest in health, biotech and industrial technologies that can scale sustainably. This is firm-level guidance, not an invented personal preference.
No personal pass list is public. Opportunities outside ZAKA VC's stated stages, sectors, geography or team criteria should be treated as lower fit rather than a confirmed personal rejection rule.
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Samo Zalesak is currently Associate & Member of Investment Committee at ZAKA VC, as listed on the firm's official roster. Where the roster does not publish a longer biography, this profile avoids inferring prior employers, education, deals or decision authority.