Zenda.vc is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-stage technology startups. The company provides capital, mentorship, and strategic support to entrepreneurs with innovative ideas in various sectors such as fintech, healthtech, and enterprise software. Zenda aims to empower startups to scale their operations and achieve significant growth milestones.

Zenda.vc

Zenda Capital

We're thrilled to announce our investment into Cargado! Very excited to be part of their journey.

https://lnkd.in/eXqYK-4V

**We're Hiring An Analyst** 😎 👨🏫 👩🏫 
At our core, we believe that traditional industries can be revolutionized by using specialized software and data-driven technologies. We're investing behind entrepreneurs who are building mission-critical software companies that are reshaping the dynamics of how money, goods, and data flow across the economy (US & Latin America). 

Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate has experience doing research for early-stage venture investing, or working in product at a startup. This person will support the firm's investment research, support the investment process, and take an active role in developing investment theses.

This is a full-time role based in the desired locations in Latin America: Mexico, Argentina and Colombia. The role will be remote with the ability to travel to the U.S. Zenda is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the Zenda investment team across all thesis development and investment activities including sourcing, diligence, and post-investment support.
- Support research on a broad range of topics for investment opportunities including user interviews, surveys, and general market research.
- Help build and maintain a network of B2B founders, operators and investors across several industries in the U.S. and LATAM.

Attributes & Skills
- Experience doing sourcing, research, and diligence in early-stage venture investing, or working in a product role at a startup.
- Fluent in English, and Spanish is a plus.
- Passionate about early-stage investing and company building.
- Driven, and can thrive in an environment with a high degree of ambiguity.
- Curious about different markets, opportunity areas, and energized by learning.
- Applies a methodical approach to understanding business opportunities, yet is flexible to learn on the job as needed.
- Expresses excellence through fast action while keeping an eye on accomplishing the objective with quality and aesthetics.
- Values clear communication. Demonstrates empathy for others and operates with a strong sense of integrity and open-mindedness.
- Able to develop relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and personalities.

Application Details
If interested, please email er@zenda.vc and jeff@zenda.vc with your LinkedIn profile and resume, along with responses (no more than 300 words each) to the following questions:
1. What is your superpower, and how does that align with this role?
2. Given our sectors and stage of interest, what early-stage company do you believe would be a strong investment opportunity for Zenda. What factors make it stand out, and why should we consider it?
3. Which investment thesis or trend do you believe is overhyped?
4. What skills or areas of expertise are you actively working on improving outside of work?

If we feel that you could be a fit, we’ll reach out to you directly. Onwards!


cc: Esteban Reyes, Jeffrey Dong

Zenda Capital is recruiting two individuals for our investment and research fellowship program. Fellows will work closely with the investment team over a 3-month period, conducting primary research & company analysis, supporting deal sourcing and due diligence, and building investment theses. The areas of focus will be within one of 2 categories: financial services or supply chain & logistics. As a fellow, you’ll receive hands-on mentorship, develop deep domain expertise, and join our network of operators and investors. If you’re interested in VC and have previous experience as a researcher, strategy consultant or startup operator in financial services and/or supply chain & logistics, please reach out!

cc: Jeffrey Dong

Amazing time with our team and guest founders at our team offsite!

https://lnkd.in/ehhB5Q-J

Check out Esteban Reyes and Ty Findley chatting about finding investment opportunities and backing founders in underserved industries ->> https://lnkd.in/eVMpUXwd

At Zenda Capital we believe in forging new pathways for emerging talent to break into the world of venture.

As part of our thesis development process, we have been working closely with research fellows who have played an instrumental role in helping us build our research engine. To further support our efforts in identifying investment opportunities within vertical software, AI/ML applications, and enabling technologies, we are expanding our research fellowship program and making it available to our network!

For the full post, check out https://lnkd.in/e_QjDs5N!

For more details on the fellowship program and how to apply, please check out our Notion page https://lnkd.in/eraJijWh. 

Cc: Jeffrey Dong, Evan Cummack, Chetan Chaudhary

Zenda Announces $26M Inaugural Fund To Help Founders Bring Cutting-Edge Technology To Underserved Industries In The U.S. and LATAM 

We launched Zenda Capital to put our own money behind bold entrepreneurs who aspire to redefine overlooked industries. 

We believe that most of the world’s businesses are missing the full benefits of revolutionary technologies, due to a lack of modern, industry-specific solutions, infrastructure, and enabling technologies. 

Our origins and entrepreneurial journey has inspired us to partner with courageous entrepreneurs who want to revolutionize overlooked industries in the U.S. and LATAM. Our process requires close collaboration with a network of founders, operators, potential customers, investors, and researchers to build domain knowledge within a subset of industries we wish to explore in depth.

Zenda has three guiding principles: 
1. Provide founders with operational support through professional networks in each of our focus areas. 
2. Develop a thesis-driven point-of-view, complemented by extensive research.
3. Be the most risk-aligned institutional investor on the cap table, which is why we put our money on the line. 

Based in Miami, we have portfolio companies across the U.S. and Latin America. Our firm's LPs and advisors include various prominent tech founders, early employees and execs at Twilio, HashiCorp,  ScaleAI, and general partners at several top-tier VC firms. 

If Zenda’s mission resonates with yours, let’s find a way to work together. 

Onward!

At Zenda Capital our process requires close collaboration with a network of #founders, operators, investors, and researchers to build domain knowledge within a subset of industries we wish to explore in-depth.

We’re excited to have Jaime Tabachnik join as a venture partner and expand our network in the supply chain and transportation industry.

Cc: Chetan Chaudhary, Esteban Reyes, Evan Cummack, Jeffrey Dong

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