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Zach Bratun-Glennon

Investor

Founder and Partner at Gradient Ventures

San Francisco

Writes $100K – $10M checks

About

Zach Bratun-Glennon led a corporate VC's transition to independence while keeping Google invested, holds board roles across 25+ companies and 35+ AI/ML investments, and takes hands-on AI tooling/infrastructure roles.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. GradientGeneral Partnercurrent2017 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. LambdaBoard Membercurrent2018 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. OpenlyBoard Membercurrent2019 β€” presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  4. ClarifyBoard Membercurrent2024 β€” present
  5. FilereadBoard Membercurrent2023 β€” present
  6. OutgoBoard Membercurrent2022 β€” presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  7. ELSA, CorpBoard Membercurrent2019 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. Wise Systems, Inc.Board Membercurrent2018 β€” presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  9. Syrup TechBoard Member2022 β€” 2025New York, New York, United States
  10. CentMLBoard Member2023 β€” 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  11. GoogleCorporate Development2015 β€” 2017
  12. Deutsche BankAssociate2012 β€” 2015
  13. DC EnergySenior Quantitative Analyst2006 β€” 2008

Education

  1. UCLA Anderson School of ManagementMBA, Finance2009 β€” 2012
  2. University of California, Los Angeles - School of LawJD, Business Law2008 β€” 2012
  3. University of VirginiaB.S., Computer Science & Applied Math2002 β€” 2006

Skills & more

PHP5MySQL6C++5Matlab3HTML5XML3Java3Financial Modeling30Capital Markets19Financial Analysis22Private Equity21Due Diligence23
+12 moreValuationBloombergInvestment BankingCorporate FinanceDCFHedge FundsLBOMergers & AcquisitionsCapital IQEquity ResearchVenture CapitalEquities

Languages Spanish

From Zach's professional profile.

Same school

Shared employers

Deals Β· 3

Lambda, Inc./DEBoard seat

via Gradient Ventures Β· filed Feb 2024 Β· $320M raise

Wise SystemsBoard seat

via Gradient Ventures Β· filed Oct 2021 Β· $50M raise

Young Alfred Inc.Board seat

via Gradient Ventures Β· filed Oct 2019 Β· $10M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Gradient Ventures

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