Where does J Zac Stein work?

J Zac Stein is Venture Partner at Craft Ventures and Board director at Vanta.

What check size does J Zac Stein write?

J Zac Stein typically writes checks of $1M – $50M.

Where did J Zac Stein go to school?

J Zac Stein studied at Harvard University.

J Zac Stein

Investor

Venture Partner at Craft Ventures · Board director at Vanta

San Francisco, California

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

Find your path to J Zac Stein

115 people in our graph share verified history with J Zac Stein — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Viviana FagaunlockedJ Zac Stein: together at Zenefits (2016–2017)

×5J Zac Stein: together at Craft Ventures

×2J Zac Stein: together at Zenefits

×2J Zac Stein: together at Vanta

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.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

j•••@craftventures.comreveal70% confident

Board director at Vanta YC W18

Intro paths

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

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 · 15

Co-founders at Vanta

Christina CacioppoFounder/CEO

Experience

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

Colleagues at Craft Ventures

Aaron Cort

Operating Partner, Marketing & Growth 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

Dan Moor

Investor 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

Who is J Zac Stein?: 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.
Where does J Zac Stein work?: J Zac Stein is Venture Partner at Craft Ventures and Board director at Vanta.
What check size does J Zac Stein write?: J Zac Stein typically writes checks of $1M – $50M.
Where did J Zac Stein go to school?: J Zac Stein studied at Harvard University.