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Jonah Zahnd

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Guild Member at Serac Ventures · Private Equity Associate at California Public Employees' Retirement System

Greater Sacramento

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About

Guild member, academic researcher, author, and former VC leading the Project on Impact Investments at Harvard Business School. He advises VC funds and startups in climate, healthcare, and fintech and previously invested at Global Millennial Capital.

Experience

  1. CalPERSPrivate Equity Associatecurrent2026 — present
  2. Stanford Long-Term Investing (SLTI)Long-Term Investing Fellowcurrent2026 — present
  3. Harvard Business SchoolManager, Impact Investing and Sustainability Special Projectscurrent2023 — presentCambridge, MA
  4. Serac VenturesAdvisor - Guild Membercurrent2023 — present
  5. Emerging LAVenture Capital Fellow, Investment Track2026
  6. Impact Capital ManagersSteering Committee Member - 2025 Research Project2025
  7. BrightEdge - American Cancer SocietyImpact Consultant2025Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  8. StealthVC Investor2023 — 2024Cambridge, MA
  9. Goldman SachsAnalyst / Team Lead - Global Market Insights2021 — 2023United Kingdom
  10. Cornell Dyson School of Applied Economics & ManagementMacroeconomic Research Analyst2021
  11. U.S. House of RepresentativesCongressional Intern2019Roseville, California, United States

Skills & more

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)6Social Impact5Organizational DevelopmentInternational EconomicsPolicy Analysis1Legal ResearchCompetitive Intelligence1MacroeconomicsData AnalysisQualitative & Quantitative Research MethodologiesResearch2Data Management4
+12 moreCustomer ServiceStrategyManagementLeadershipPublic SpeakingSQLMicrosoft PowerPointBloomberg TerminalStataR (Programming Language)Microsoft ExcelGeopolitical Research
  • Social and Behavioral Research Investigators — CITI Program
  • Economics of Money and Banking — Columbia University

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Who is Jonah Zahnd?
Guild member, academic researcher, author, and former VC leading the Project on Impact Investments at Harvard Business School. He advises VC funds and startups in climate, healthcare, and fintech and previously invested at Global Millennial Capital.
Where does Jonah Zahnd work?
Jonah Zahnd is Guild Member at Serac Ventures.
Where did Jonah Zahnd go to school?
Jonah Zahnd studied at Stanford University (Long-Term Investing Fellowship); Harvard University (Masters-level courses); The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Master of Science - MSc, Politics (Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe)).

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