Tristan Zajonc
InvestorVenture Partner at F-Prime Capital
San Francisco, California
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $5M
About
Tristan Zajonc is cofounder and CEO of Continual, an AI agent platform for business. Previously, he cofounded Sense, a data science and machine learning platform acquired by Cloudera in 2016, where he subsequently led the ML engineering team for three years. His earlier career included ten years in applied data science roles with organizations including USAID, the World Bank, and Harvard University's Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and he holds a PhD from Harvard University.
Experience
- ContinualCofounder & CEOcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ClouderaCTO for Machine Learning2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- ClouderaHead of Data Science Platform, Engineering2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Sense, Inc.Cofounder and CEO2012 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Harvard UniversityVisiting Fellow at Institute for Quantitative Social Science2012 — 2013Cambridge, MA
Education
- Harvard UniversityPhD, Public Policy2006 — 2012
- Harvard Kennedy SchoolMPA/ID, Public Administration and International Development2004 — 2006
- Pomona CollegeBA, Economics1998 — 2003
Skills & more
Strategy4Econometrics22Economics16Research12Public Policy10Program Evaluation9Qualitative Research8Statistics7Policy Analysis5Big Data7Quantitative Analytics4International Development3
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Data AnalysisBayesian statisticsBusiness StrategyGoKubernetesApache SparkStataJavaScriptRPythonDockerHadoopFrom Tristan's professional profile.
Colleagues at F-Prime Capital
Abby Wagner
Senior Accountant at F-Prime Capital Partners
Abdul Abdirahman
Principal at F-Prime Capital Partners
Alex Pasteur
Partner at F-Prime Capital Partners
Alex Wong
Associate at F-Prime Capital Partners
Allan Galper
Vice President & Associate General Counsel at F-Prime Capital Partners
Allison MacLeod
Venture Partner at F-Prime Capital Partners
Amber Cai
Venture Partner at F-Prime Capital Partners
Andrew Bognanni
Director of Finance at F-Prime Capital Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Tristan Zajonc work?
- Tristan Zajonc is Venture Partner at F-Prime Capital.
- What check size does Tristan Zajonc write?
- Tristan Zajonc typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
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