Zeal Capital Partners
Venture capitalWashington · Pre-Seed–Series A · 23 people tracked
Investment thesis
Zeal Capital Partners invests in early-stage founders building enduring, category-leading companies across financial technology, healthcare, and the future of learning and work. Guided by its Inclusive Investing framework, the firm backs companies intentionally closing gaps in wealth, health, and skills. It seeks bold, mission-driven founders shaped by real-world experience and targeting large underserved markets, and partners long-term with an emphasis on trust, discipline, and alignment. The firm makes seed investments in its core categories as well as pre-seed investments through a partnership with Barclays.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 23 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 8 of 10 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5Fintech ×4SaaS ×4Digital Health ×3Enterprise Software ×3HR Tech ×2EdTech ×1Future of Work ×1
HQs:United States×8
Investments · 10 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAdeptID develops AI models for talent matching and candidate recommendation across hiring workflows.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSBoston, US
Nasir Qadree(Director)William Skarinka(Director)Fernando Rodriguez-Villa(Executive Officer, Director)Brian DeAngelis(Director)
Board seatNasir Qadree· per SEC Form D · $33.4M raise · filed Nov 2025
Dallas, US
Bennie King(Executive Officer, Director)Melody Ayeli(Executive Officer)Star Carter(Executive Officer, Director)Liji Thomas(Executive Officer)Mandy Price(Executive Officer, Director)Ashanti Mitchell(Executive Officer)
Board seatNasir Qadree· per SEC Form D · $3.1M raise · filed Dec 2020
Daivergent is a care platform that provides personalized, face-to-face job training and life coaching for neurodivergent job-seekers and transition-aged adults with disabilities.
Digital HealthEdTechFuture of WorkNew York, US
Byran Dai(Co-Founder & CEO)Rahul Mahida(Co-Founder & CTO)
BoardBrian Hecht(Director)Jason Green(Director)
Humanly builds conversational AI and automated interviewing technology for high-volume hiring, helping organizations qualify candidates and conduct structured interviews at scale.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSeattle, US
Andrew Gardner(Founder)inPrem Kumar(Founder)inBryan Leptich(Founder)inChris Olsen(Director)
Stratyfy offers patent-pending, explainable AI and machine learning technology that helps financial institutions build, test, and scale predictive models for credit origination, credit memo automation, lending compliance, fraud detection, and early delinquency prediction.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
Dmitry Lesnik(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Will(Director)Laura Kornhauser(Executive Officer, Director)
Understood Care provides patient advocacy services for older adults navigating healthcare, particularly Medicare benefits and care coordination.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechNew York City, US
Samantha Wu(Founder)in
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Zeal Capital Partners invest at?
- Zeal Capital Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Zeal Capital Partners's typical check size?
- Zeal Capital Partners typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.
- What sectors does Zeal Capital Partners focus on?
- Zeal Capital Partners focuses on EdTech, Fintech, Future of Work, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Zeal Capital Partners located?
- Zeal Capital Partners is headquartered in Washington, US.
- Does Zeal Capital Partners lead rounds?
- Zeal Capital Partners typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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