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Zach Waterfield

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Venture Partner (Engineering) at Ripple Ventures · Founder at Kopa

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FoundedKopa · YC

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About

Zach Waterfield previously worked as an engineer at PostHog and held investment roles at Pioneer Fund and Ripple Ventures. He studied computer engineering at the University of Waterloo and co-founded Zettlor and Kopa, a Y Combinator-backed company.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at KopaYC W19

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YC

Zach went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Zach can intro founders to Kopa's investors below.

Kopa's investors · 8

FinSight VenturesPalo AltoFrontier VenturesCupertino · $100K – $5M checksInovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checks · since 2026Practica CapitalVilnius · $324K – $3.2M checks · since 2026Transmedia CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksWefunderSan FranciscoWestSan FranciscoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

Colleagues at Ripple Ventures

Adam Jarczyn
Investor at Ripple Ventures
Dan Teoh
Investor at Ripple Ventures
Dave Macnee
Investor at Ripple Ventures
Dominic Lau
Partner at Ripple Ventures
Ian Logan
Investor at Ripple Ventures
Jackson Mullins
Investor at Ripple Ventures
Jay Lee
Investor at Ripple Ventures
Katie Ko
Associate at Ripple Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Zach Waterfield?
Zach Waterfield previously worked as an engineer at PostHog and held investment roles at Pioneer Fund and Ripple Ventures. He studied computer engineering at the University of Waterloo and co-founded Zettlor and Kopa, a Y Combinator-backed company.
Where does Zach Waterfield work?
Zach Waterfield is Founder of Kopa and Venture Partner (Engineering) at Ripple Ventures.
What companies did Zach Waterfield found?
Zach Waterfield founded Kopa.

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