Investing Profile

Zak Kukoff

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Investor at Emergence Capital

zak.coSan Francisco, California

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New York University Network

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General Catalyst Network

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Dorm Room Fund Network

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General Catalyst Partners Network

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Emergence Capital Network

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Current Investing Position

Emergence Capital

Investment Range

$500K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$2.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$575M

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Zak Kukoff's Investments On Record (4)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Pylon	Series AAug 2024$17M SeedJul 2023$3M	$79M
Co-investors: Andrea Wang (SV Angel), Merritt Hummer (Bain Capital Ventures), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Jennifer Li (Andreessen Horowitz), Umesh Kumar (Andreessen Horowitz), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Sarah Liu (Fifth Wall), Zeya Yang (IVP), Amias Gerety (QED Investors), Tarek Fahim (Endure Capital), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Christian Lawless (Conversion Capital), Lucas Vaz (Ravelin Capital), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Adam Nash (Greylock Partners), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures), Sandy Kory (HorizonVC)
Vial	Series BNov 2022$67M	$100M
Co-investors: Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Jeffrey Silverstein (Andreessen Horowitz), Nimi Katragadda (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Blake Byers (GV (Google Ventures)), Greg Rosen (Bedrock Capital), TJ Nahigian (Base10 (Base10 Partners) ), Nikhil Krishnan, Gordon Wintrob
TellTail	SeedApr 2022$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Mike Volpe (Silversmith Capital Partners), Garrett Smallwood (Jinx), Mike Volpe, Ron Pragides
Mount	Pre SeedNov 2021$1M	$1.5M
Co-investors: Chip Meakem (Kodiak Venture Partners), Pete Koomen (Y Combinator)

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Zak Kukoff's Experience

Special Projects FlexportPresent

Investor Emergence CapitalPresent

Principal General CatalystPresent

Principal General Catalyst PartnersPresent

Board Observer VialPresent

Board Observer AlycePresent

Board Observer GitpodPresent

Board Observer OverjetPresent

Board Director TellTailPresent

Board Observer Luminai, formerly DigitalBrainPresent

Angel Investor DVDiscount24Present

Senior Advisor Foundation for American InnovationPresent

Board Member Foundation for American InnovationPresent

Chair, Tech and Venture Practice Lewis-Burke Associates LLCPresent

Visiting Fellow National Security Institute (NSI)Present

Advisory Board STATION DCPresent

CEO/Founder Autism AmbassadorsPresent

CEO/Founder DVDiscount24Present

CEO/Founder TruantTodayPresent

Managing Partner Dorm Room FundPresent

Zak Kukoff's Education

New York University BA Behavioral Economics

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