Investor profile
Michael Zhao
Operator-led, Private equity, Venture debt & Investor at Kinetic, Affiliated at Kinetic Partners, Investor at Kinetic
Michael Zhao is an Investor at Kinetic, whose known portfolio counts 16 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI AgentsAI ApplicationsAPICryptoDEX AggregatorDeFiEnterprise SaaSHR TechWeb3
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Investor at Kinetic, whose known portfolio counts 2 companies
- Caspian
- Wirkn
Affiliated at Kinetic Partners, whose known portfolio counts 3 companies
- SpaceX
- Compass Mining
- Coalition
Investor at Kinetic, whose known portfolio counts 16 companies
- SpaceX
- Boba Network
- Caspian
- Synesis One
- Compass Mining
- Wirkn
- Coalition
- DDC Enterprise
- Satsuma Technology
- BlockApps
- Dtravel
- Jet Protocol Holdings
- and 4 more
Investor Profile
Michael Zhao is listed against sectors AI, FinTech and SaaS, and focus areas AI Agents, AI Applications, API and Crypto in the database.
Stage-wise, the deals at Kinetic cluster around Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Michael Zhao is worth approaching.
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David DeSisto
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Christopher Golden
Kinetic Partners LP
New York City, United States
Kyle Bartz
Investor
Miami, United States
Jennifer Villares
Investor
Miami, United States
Arjun Kapoor
Investor
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David Noel
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Michael Zhao?
Michael Zhao is an operator-led investor and private equity investor based in New York, United States, listed as Investor at Kinetic. The known portfolio of that firm counts 16 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Michael Zhao personally.
What does Michael Zhao invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, FinTech and SaaS; listed focus areas include AI Agents, AI Applications, API and Crypto. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Michael Zhao invest at?
Kinetic appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Michael Zhao is listed there as Investor. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Michael Zhao listed at?
Michael Zhao is listed as Investor at Kinetic. 10 other people in the database share a firm with Michael Zhao.
How do I contact Michael Zhao?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Michael Zhao. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no phone number for this profile.
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