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John Zucchi

Founder

Founder at Agave

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedAgave · YCAgave

About

John Zucchi is co-founder of Agave. Previously, he worked as a Technical Program Manager at Amazon Alexa developing an enterprise product, held a Product Manager role at Graphiq (acquired by Amazon), and served as an Equity Capital Markets Analyst at Barclays Investment Bank. He studied at Columbia University.

Founder at AgaveYC W22

Intro paths

YC

John went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Agave's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, John can intro founders to Agave's investors below.

Agave's investors · 2

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Agave

TRTom Reno
Tom RenoCo-founder
PAPooria Azimi
Pooria AzimiFounder

Founder at Agave

Intro paths

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In turn, John can intro founders to Agave's investors below.

Agave's investors · 1

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks

Experience

  1. AgaveCo-Foundercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. AmazonSenior Technical Program Manager2020 — 2021Santa Barbara, California, United States
  3. AmazonTechnical Program Manager2019 — 2020Santa Barbara, California Area
  4. AmazonKnowledge Engineer2017 — 2019Santa Barbara, California Area
  5. Graphiq Inc.Product Manager2015 — 2017Santa Barbara, California Area
  6. BarclaysInvestment Banking Analyst - Equity Capital Markets, TMT2015New York, NY
  7. BarclaysLegal Analyst2013 — 2015New York
  8. BarclaysSummer Legal Analyst2012New York

Skills & more

  • Construction Finance Essentials for Professional Service Providers — CFMA

From John's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is John Zucchi?
John Zucchi is co-founder of Agave. Previously, he worked as a Technical Program Manager at Amazon Alexa developing an enterprise product, held a Product Manager role at Graphiq (acquired by Amazon), and served as an Equity Capital Markets Analyst at Barclays Investment Bank. He studied at Columbia University.
Where does John Zucchi work?
John Zucchi is Founder of Agave.
What companies did John Zucchi found?
John Zucchi founded Agave, Agave.
Where did John Zucchi go to school?
John Zucchi studied at Columbia University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Cum Laude); Upper Canada College (International Baccalaureate).

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