About
Mike Zayonc is a Founding Partner at Plug and Play Ventures, where he led the creation of the firm's first fund focused on supply chain startups, working with corporate venture capital arms and family offices and contributing to the fund's investment strategy. He previously spent three years as a co-founder at Kodif, which develops AI-driven customer support tools for e-commerce and serves brands including Unilever, Dollar Shave Club, and Liquid I.V. He is an alumnus of UBC's Faculty of Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business, and played college basketball for six years before relocating to Silicon Valley in 2015.
Founder at Kodif
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Founder at Kodif
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Experience
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessStanford Executive Programcurrent2026 — presentStanford, California, United States
- Plug and Play Tech CenterFounding Partner, Supply Chain Fundcurrent2023 — present
- Plug and Play Tech CenterFounding Partner, Supply Chain Fund2019 — 2023
- Plug and Play Tech CenterGlobal Director, Supply Chain2018 — 2019
- Plug and Play Tech CenterFounder & Director, Supply Chain2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Plug and Play Tech CenterBusiness Development Manager2016 — 2017
- Plug and Play Tech CenterTraining/Internship2016
- EinrideInvestorcurrent2019 — presentSunnyvale, California, United States
- KodifCo-Founder2023 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel7Public Speaking99Teamwork81Leadership84Management10Social Media32Time Management28Entrepreneurship35Sports24Social Networking24Marketing21Event Planning16
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- Who is Mike Zayonc?
- Mike Zayonc is a Founding Partner at Plug and Play Ventures, where he led the creation of the firm's first fund focused on supply chain startups, working with corporate venture capital arms and family offices and contributing to the fund's investment strategy. He previously spent three years as a co-founder at Kodif, which develops AI-driven customer support tools for e-commerce and serves brands including Unilever, Dollar Shave Club, and Liquid I.V. He is an alumnus of UBC's Faculty of Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business, and played college basketball for six years before relocating to Silicon Valley in 2015.
- Where does Mike Zayonc work?
- Mike Zayonc is Founder of Kodif.
- What companies did Mike Zayonc found?
- Mike Zayonc founded Kodif, Kodif.
- Where did Mike Zayonc go to school?
- Mike Zayonc studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Stanford Executive Program); The University of British Columbia (Management, Finance & Entrepreneurial Technology); Capilano University (Bachelor of Commerce - BCom).
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