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Zach Kaplan

Investor

Venture Partner at Corazon Capital

Chicago, Illinois

Writes $100K – $3M checks · typically $1.5M

FoundedInventables

About

Venture Partner at Corazon Capital and founder/CEO of Inventables, a manufacturing technology company; he led Corazon investments in Mantle, Carro, and Amper.

Experience

  1. EaselChief Executive Officercurrent2024 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  2. Corazon CapitalFounding Venture Partnercurrent2014 — presentGreater Chicago Area
  3. InventablesCEO2002 — 2024Chicago, IL
  4. mHUB ChicagoMember of the Board of Directors2016 — 2023Greater Chicago Area
  5. Lever WorksCEO1999 — 2001Urbana-Champaign Area

Education

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBSME, Mechanical Engineering1997 — 2001
  2. Harvard Business School OnlineBusiness2019
  3. Glenbrook North High School

Skills & more

Web Marketing7Lean Manufacturing6Product Design63Manufacturing22Product Development53Industrial Design20Engineering14Entrepreneurship43Strategy12Product Management16R&D5Materials2
+12 moreCreative DirectionBusiness DevelopmentStart-upsSolidworksProject ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic PlanningStrategic PartnershipsRapid PrototypingE-commerceDesign for ManufacturingDesign Thinking
  • Becoming Head of Sales: Developing Your PlaybookLinkedIn

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