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Ken Zolot

Ken Zolot

General Partner atMeach Cove CapitalMassachusetts
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Ken Zolot teaches innovation and entrepreneurship at MIT and co-founded several startups, including Rethink Robotics and Egenera. He is a General Partner at Meach Cove Capital.

What Ken can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atSeed, Series ALead preference not reported
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Career

  1. Rethink Robotics · co-founder
    2008
  2. MIT
  3. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Senior Fellow
    2009
  4. Meach Cove Capital · General Partner
    Now
  5. Spectra Communications
  6. Geer Zolot Associates
  7. Egenera, Inc.
    2000
  8. Rethink Robotics
    2008

Companies founded

Spectra CommunicationsGeer Zolot AssociatesEgenera, Inc.Rethink Robotics

Focus

innovationentrepreneurshiptechnologyeducationnetwork securitysatellite telecommunications

Education

MITSyracuse University

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Who is Ken Zolot?

Ken Zolot teaches innovation and entrepreneurship at MIT and co-founded several startups, including Rethink Robotics and Egenera. He is a General Partner at Meach Cove Capital.

How much does Ken Zolot invest?

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What did Ken Zolot do before Meach Cove Capital?

co-founder at Rethink Robotics; MIT; Senior Fellow at Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; Spectra Communications; Geer Zolot Associates; Egenera, Inc.; Rethink Robotics.

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