Deborah Zajac

Deborah Zajac

General Partner atSOSVNew York

Deborah Zajac is a General Partner at SOSV NY with over 20 years of venture capital experience. She helped scale Touchdown Ventures and worked at GE Ventures, Columbia University, and Lehigh University.

What Deborah can write

Writes checks of$500K to $1M
Comes in atPre-seedCan lead the round
Ownership target10-12%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

SOSV writes $500K to $1M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Celarix.com
  2. GE
  3. GE Ventures
  4. Columbia University
  5. Columbia University Technology Ventures · Exec-In-Residence
  6. Touchdown Ventures
  7. SOSV · General Partner
    Now
  8. IndieBio NY · General Partner

Companies founded

Touchdown’s healthcare practice

Focus

deep techhealthcareindustrialclimateconsumerconsumer solutions

Education

NYU Stern, MBALehigh University, BS and BA

Also at SOSV

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Questions

Who is Deborah Zajac?

Deborah Zajac is a General Partner at SOSV NY with over 20 years of venture capital experience. She helped scale Touchdown Ventures and worked at GE Ventures, Columbia University, and Lehigh University.

How much does Deborah Zajac invest?

Deborah Zajac invests through SOSV, which writes checks of $500K to $1M at pre-seed.

How do I pitch Deborah Zajac?

A warm intro from a founder SOSV backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Deborah Zajac do before SOSV?

Celarix.com; GE; GE Ventures; Columbia University; Exec-In-Residence at Columbia University Technology Ventures; Touchdown Ventures; General Partner at IndieBio NY.

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