About
Samer Hamadeh is founder and CEO of Zeel Networks, Inc., a healthcare company offering in-home and in-clinic massage and telehealth behavioral therapy services. His earlier ventures include Vault, a career information platform he co-founded in 1997 and led as CEO until its 2007 sale, and Dotmenu, a food delivery service he advised that was acquired by GrubHub in 2011. Hamadeh serves as a venture partner at Alpaca Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, holds a Stanford University degree, and is a member of YPO and the David Rockefeller Fellowship program.
Board director at Zeel
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Zeel's investors · 11
Alpaca VCNew York · $500K – $1.3M checksCorigin VenturesECP GrowthGreenwichGrit Capital PartnersNew York CityHemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyLightbankChicago · $500K – $5M checksMultiplier CapitalWashington · $3M – $15M checksNAV.VCReston · $250K – $3M checksPalisades Growth CapitalLos Angeles · $5M – $25M checksProlog VenturesClayton · $250K – $1M checks · since 2018SWAT Equity PartnersNew York
Experience
- Zeel Networks, Inc.Founder & CEOcurrent2010 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2010 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Alpaca VCAdvisor & Venture Partnercurrent2017 — presentGreater New York City Area
- PrivCoBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- German Accelerator Inc.Mentorcurrent2014 — presentGreater New York City Area
- Venture For AmericaExecutive Board Membercurrent2011 — presentGreater New York City Area
- OneVoice Movement/Peaceworks FoundationBoard Member & Finance Committee Chaircurrent2002 — presentGreater New York City Area
- Lazaridis InstituteMentor2016 — 2024Toronto, Canada Area
- Get MaidBoard Member & Angel Investor2012 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- Dotmenu Inc.Board Member & Angel Investor2008 — 2011Greater New York City Area
- Vault.comBoard Member1996 — 2010Greater New York City Area
- Vault.comCOO2007 — 2009
- Vault.comCo-Founder & CEO1996 — 2007
- LEK CONSULTINGSenior Associate1995 — 1996Greater Los Angeles Area
- ChevronSummer Research Intern1992Richmond, California
Skills & more
Start-ups31Entrepreneurship26Angel Investing20Venture Capital11Business Development13Leadership12
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Colleagues at Alpaca VC
Andrew Peng
Senior Associate at Alpaca VC
Aubrie Pagano
General Partner, Managing Member at Corigin Ventures
Daniel Fetner
Board Partner at Alpaca VC
David Goldberg
Board Partner at Alpaca VC
Eric Schoenbach
Investor at Alpaca VC
Josh Jagota
Principal at Alpaca VC
Lorraine Sanders
Head of Content at Alpaca VC
Noah Williams
Analyst at Alpaca VC
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Samer Hamadeh?
- Samer Hamadeh is founder and CEO of Zeel Networks, Inc., a healthcare company offering in-home and in-clinic massage and telehealth behavioral therapy services. His earlier ventures include Vault, a career information platform he co-founded in 1997 and led as CEO until its 2007 sale, and Dotmenu, a food delivery service he advised that was acquired by GrubHub in 2011. Hamadeh serves as a venture partner at Alpaca Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, holds a Stanford University degree, and is a member of YPO and the David Rockefeller Fellowship program.
- Where does Samer Hamadeh work?
- Samer Hamadeh is Venture Partner at Alpaca VC and Board director at Zeel.
- What check size does Samer Hamadeh write?
- Samer Hamadeh typically writes checks of $500K – $2M.
- Where did Samer Hamadeh go to school?
- Samer Hamadeh studied at Stanford University (MS, Chemical Engineering); Stanford University (BS, Chemistry).
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