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Zetta Venture Partners

Zetta Venture Partners, based in California, backs generalist startups at Pre-Seed and Seed, leading rounds with checks from $1 million to $10 million, including Kaggle and MotherDuck.

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Entry stagePre-seed, Seed
Check size$1M to $10M
Leads roundsYes
FocusGeneralist
Latest fundn/a
Investing team5 peopleNo activity since Sep

Who you would pitch at Zetta Venture Partners

5 people on the investing team, 5 of them partners who can make the call. Partners are listed first.

Apoorva Pandhi
Apoorva PandhiManaging DirectorFocus: early-stage AI/ML, data infrastructure, and cloud-native startups.
Dylan Reid
Dylan ReidManaging DirectorFocus: computing and life sciences.
Jocelyn Goldfein
Jocelyn GoldfeinManaging DirectorShe previously held engineering leadership roles at Facebook, VMware, and Trilogy, and co-founded MessageOne and Datify.
Mark Gorenberg
Mark GorenbergFounder & Managing DirectorHe has funded startups like Domo and Omniture, chairs MIT's Corporation, and was appointed by President Obama to a science advisory council.
Annelies Gamble
Annelies GamblePartnerShe previously founded a vertical AI company in supply chain and manufacturing, and earlier worked as an early-stage investor and at Dropbox.

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Writes $1M to $10M checks. Its smallest check is larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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No recent activity since September 2026. Quiet does not mean closed.

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Before you pitch

How to reach them[email protected]

Notable investments

KaggleDomoClearbitTractableMotherDuckWeaviateDomino Data Lab

In their words

Zetta | Investing in Frontier ScienceBacking founders pushing the jagged frontier of AI in science and building tools for discoverywww.zettavp.com
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On these lists

Seed investors in United States2836Pre-seed investors in United States1561Seed investors in California699Pre-seed investors in California434Seed investors3020Pre-seed investors1696

Questions

What stage does Zetta Venture Partners invest in?

Zetta Venture Partners reports entry at pre-seed, seed.

How much does Zetta Venture Partners invest?

Zetta Venture Partners reports checks of $1M to $10M.

Does Zetta Venture Partners lead rounds?

Yes. Zetta Venture Partners says it can lead.

Who are the partners at Zetta Venture Partners?

Apoorva Pandhi (Managing Director), Dylan Reid (Managing Director), Jocelyn Goldfein (Managing Director), Mark Gorenberg (Founder & Managing Director), Annelies Gamble (Partner).

Is Zetta Venture Partners active right now?

No recent activity since September 2026.

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