Zack Schildhorn's guest appearances

Zack Schildhorn

The VentureFizz Podcast

Aubrie Pagano

David Chang

John Burns

Jennifer Smith

Wayne Chang

Dennis Mortensen

Ryan Denehy

Paul English

Jeff Coyle

Bob Davis

Ryan Smith

Melody Koh

Andres Rodriguez

Daniel Chait

Mike Brown

OwlTail

Welcome to Episode 46 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights!For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Zack Schildhorn, a Partner at Lux Capital in New York City. Lux Capital has $1.4B under management and is currently investing from its $400M fifth fund.Zack has led the firm’s investment in companies like Shapeways, SOLS Systems, and Moment. His most recent investment is in a company called Latch, a New York tech company that is modernizing buildings by digitizing physical keys with a smart access system. Oh, and Zack has an interesting hobby as a reef aquarist where his work is actually on display at their offices with a 180-gallon reef aquarium.In this episode, we cover:-His interest in technology at a young age and starting his own company-How he sought out and landed an opportunity in venture capital while he was still at Cornell-What his career path has looked like in venture and how he worked his way up through the ranks to a partner at the firm-His interest in making investments that bridge the intersection between digital and physical worlds-Lots of great advice for entrepreneurs in terms of fundraising and hiring-Plus, a lot more!Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

Welcome to Episode 46 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights! For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Zack Schildhorn, a Partner at Lux Capital in New York City. Lux Capital has $1.4B under management and is currently investing from its $400M fifth fund. Zack has led the firm’s investment in companies like Shapeways, SOLS Systems, and Moment. His most recent investment is in a company called Latch, a New York tech company that is modernizing buildings by digitizing physical keys with a smart access system. Oh, and Zack has an interesting hobby as a reef aquarist where his work is actually on display at their offices with a 180-gallon reef aquarium. In this episode, we cover: -His interest in technology at a young age and starting his own company -How he sought out and landed an opportunity in venture capital while he was still at Cornell -What his career path has looked like in venture and how he worked his way up through the ranks to a partner at the firm -His interest in making investments that bridge the intersection between digital and physical worlds -Lots of great advice for entrepreneurs in terms of fundraising and hiring -Plus, a lot more! Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

Episode 46: Zack Schildhorn - Partner at Lux Capital