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Dan Zigmond

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Venture Partner at Compound · Board director at Zindi

Palo Alto, California

Writes $400K – $1.5M checks · typically $1M

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About

Dan Zigmond is a Director of Special Projects at Apple who previously built and led data science teams at YouTube, Google Maps, Facebook News Feed, Instagram, and the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. He is also a published author and a Zen teacher.

Board director at Zindi

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Zindi's investors · 5

CompoundNew York · $400K – $1.5M checks · since 2021Founders Factory AfricaJohannesburg · since 2021Launch Africa VenturesTrianon · $10K – $300K checks · since 2021Mo AngelsMauritius · $20K – $200K checks · since 2021SHAKTISan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Zindi

EDEkow Duker
Ekow DukerExecutive Officer, Director
CLCelina Lee
Celina LeeExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. VariousExecutive coach and advisorcurrent2014 — present
  2. CompoundBoard Partnercurrent2016 — presentGreater New York City Area
  3. HeadspaceVice President of Artificial Intelligence and Data2025San Francisco Bay Area
  4. AppleEngineering Director2020 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeSenior Director of Data Science2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  6. MetaSenior Director of Data Science and Engineering2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  7. JUSTStrategic Advisor2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  8. JUSTVice President of Data2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  9. GoogleLead Data Scientist, Google Maps2013 — 2014Mountain View, CA
  10. YouTubeHead of Data2010 — 2013San Bruno, CA
  11. GoogleFounder and Engineering Lead, Google TV Ads2005 — 2010Mountain View, CA
  12. MicrosoftServer Development Manager, Microsoft IPTV2003 — 2005
  13. WebTVDirector of Client Engineering2000 — 2002
  14. WebTVSenior Manager, Interactive Television1997 — 2000
  15. Wink CommunicationsDirector of Engineering, Servers1995 — 1997
  16. Siren SoftwareSenior Software Engineer1995 — 1996
  17. Zirkle-Wells Software GroupDirector of Products1993 — 1995

Skills & more

Data Engineering1Applied Machine Learning1Quantitative AnalyticsLarge Language Models (LLM)Computational BiologyAnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)High Profile ProjectsData ScienceBig Data12Software Engineering24Software Development11
+12 moreSoftware DesignDistributed SystemsScalabilityMobile DevicesAlgorithmsCloud ComputingSystem ArchitectureAgile MethodologiesC++PythonPerlR

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Deals · 1

ZindiBoard seat

via Compound · filed Nov 2021 · $1000K raise

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Other disclosed investments

Investor

Medidojo

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

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Josh Nussbaum
Venture Partner at Compound
Joshua Nussbaum
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Michael Dempsey
Managing Partner at Compound
Nicole Williams Ruiz
Investor at Compound

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Dan Zigmond?
Dan Zigmond is a Director of Special Projects at Apple who previously built and led data science teams at YouTube, Google Maps, Facebook News Feed, Instagram, and the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. He is also a published author and a Zen teacher.
Where does Dan Zigmond work?
Dan Zigmond is Venture Partner at Compound and Board director at Zindi.
What check size does Dan Zigmond write?
Dan Zigmond typically writes checks of $400K – $1.5M.
What boards does Dan Zigmond sit on?
Dan Zigmond holds tracked board seats at Zindi.
What companies has Dan Zigmond invested in?
Investments tracked here include Medidojo.
Where did Dan Zigmond go to school?
Dan Zigmond studied at University of Pennsylvania (B.A., Computational Neuroscience); Bennington College (M.F.A., Writing and Literature).

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