Fundraising Fox

J Zac Stein

InvestorFounder

Venture Partner at Craft Ventures · Board director at Vanta

San Francisco, California

Writes $1M – $50M checks · typically $25M

FoundedVanta · YC

About

J Zac Stein is co-founder of Span, a developer intelligence and AI effectiveness platform. Previously, he spent five years at Lattice in leadership roles including President and Chief Product Officer, where he supported engineering, product, and design organizations during the company's growth to over $100M in ARR. His earlier experience includes serving as General Manager and Vice President at Zenefits, where he built and scaled the payroll business, and co-founding Ceiba College Prep, a nonprofit public charter school.

Board director at VantaYC W18

Intro paths

YC

J went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Vanta's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, J can intro founders to Vanta's investors below.

Vanta's investors · 13

Acrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checks · since 2022Altos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checks · since 2022Atlassian Ventures$1M – $5M checks · since 2022Beyond CapitalSan Diego · since 2022Bonfire VenturesLos Angeles · $2M – $4M checks · since 2022Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks · since 2022Frontline VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $3.2M checks · since 2022GTMfundScottsdale · $500K – $1.5M checks · since 2022HubSpot VenturesCambridge · $500K – $5M checks · since 2022Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2022Workday VenturesSan Francisco · since 2022Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018Zag Capitalsince 2022

Co-founders at Vanta

CCChristina Cacioppo
Christina CacioppoFounder/CEO
BR
Brittany RoseExecutive Officer

Experience

  1. SpanCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. WriterBoard Member (Independent)current2023 — present
  3. VantaBoard Member (Independent)current2021 — present
  4. Craft VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2021 — present
  5. LatticeAdvisor2022 — 2023
  6. LatticePresident & Chief Product Officer2020 — 2022
  7. LatticeCOO2017 — 2020
  8. ZenefitsVP of Operations2016 — 2017
  9. ZenefitsVP & GM, Zenefits Payroll2015 — 2016
  10. ZenefitsBusiness Operations2015
  11. Ceiba Public SchoolsCo-Founder & Executive Director2007 — 2013

Education

  1. Harvard University

Colleagues at Craft Ventures

Aaron Cort
Operating Partner, Marketing & Growth at Craft Ventures
Arra Malekzadeh
Partner at Craft Ventures
Bil Harmer
Advisor, Infosec at Craft Ventures
Bill Lee
Venture Partner at Craft Ventures
Brian Murray
Partner and COO at Craft Ventures
Bryan Rosenblatt
Partner at Craft Ventures
Caroline Brayson
Operating Partner, Communications & Marketing at Craft Ventures
Cassie Chao Leemans
Operating Partner, Talent at Craft Ventures

Network5

Blake BartlettScout
Partner at OpenView Venture Partners
Brian MurrayScout
Partner and COO at Craft Ventures
Bryan RosenblattScout
Partner at Craft Ventures
Elena (Lainy) PainterScout
Partner at Craft Ventures
Georg EllScout
Venture Partner at Craft Ventures

Investors connected to J in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does J Zac Stein work?
J Zac Stein is Venture Partner at Craft Ventures and Founder at Vanta.
What check size does J Zac Stein write?
J Zac Stein typically writes checks of $1M – $50M.
What companies did J Zac Stein found?
J Zac Stein founded Vanta.

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,457

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Span3

Stu SmithPartner at Scribble VenturesHenry LiuFounder at RoboHRDaniel RuizFounder at Synch

Also worked at Writer19

Simeon SimeonovAdvisor at One Way VenturesChrisInvestor at Perceptive Ventures Management Company, LlcWhitney BouckBoard Partner & Go-to-Market Advisor at Uncork CapitalDaisy CaiGeneral Partner at B4 CapitalRyan ShannonPartner at Radical VenturesRob ToewsPartner at Radical Ventures

+ 13 more

Also worked at Vanta17

Mark KraynakInvestor at Aspect VenturesAileen AllenPartner at Mercury FundJenny ThaiHead of Marketing at Pear VCChristina CacioppoCo-Founder, Vanta at SurgeAnarghya VardhanaGeneral Partner at MaveronAndrew ReedPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 11 more

Also worked at Lattice15

Caroline FayThe Extra Group at Mucker CapitalCara Brennan AllamanoAdvisor, People Tech & HR at Verissimo VenturesStu SmithPartner at Scribble VenturesNikhil Basu TrivediPartner at FootworkMatt HayesGeneral Partner at PJCSandra SmithOperating Partner at NewView Capital

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