Investor profile
Yipeng Zhao
Syndicate / Angel group, Venture capital & Kauffman Fellow - Class 22 at Kauffman Fellows, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Embark Ventures
Yipeng Zhao is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Embark Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies.
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Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Kauffman Fellow - Class 22 at Kauffman Fellows, whose known portfolio counts 5 companies
- Ligandal
- Catalog
- Flash
- Sidecar Health
- Elves
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Embark Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Prosper
- Izote Biosciences
- TRIC Robotics
- Machina Labs
- Via Separations
- SafeAI
- CellFE
- QSimulate
- Breeze Intelligence
- Elemind Technologies
Investor Profile
Yipeng Zhao is listed against sectors AI, Climate, FinTech and Hardware, and focus areas 3D Technology, AI Applications, Asset Management and Biotech in the database.
Embark Ventures appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Yipeng Zhao is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Showing 20 of 190
Konstantin Vinogradov
Fellow - Class 30
London, United Kingdom
Heather Hartnett
Affiliated
New York, United States
Amit Anand
Kauffman Fellow
Singapore
Ashley Mayer
Kauffman Fellows, Class 27
Brooklyn, United States
Erica Duignan Minnihan
Kauffman Fellow
New York City, United States
Omar Darwazah
Investor
New York, United States
Chris McCann
Kauffman Fellows - Class 30
San Francisco, United States
Antonia Rojas Eing
Kauffman Fellow, Class 25
Mexico City
Bedy Yang
Kauffman Fellow
San Francisco, United States
Luis X Barrios
Class 20
Mexico City
Thad Langford
Kauffman Fellow Class 22
Kansas City, United States
Sherman Williams II
Class 26
New York, United States
Henrik Wetter Sanchez
Kauffman Fellow (Class 28)
London, United Kingdom
Gyan Kapur
Kauffman Fellow (Class 27)
New York, United States
Reshma Sohoni
Fellow
London, United Kingdom
Daniel Kimerling
Fellow
Albuquerque, United States
Dan Malven
Member
Chicago, United States
Trish Costello
CEO/CEO Emeritus
San Mateo, United States
Amal Dokhan
Kauffman fellow (Class 27)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Deena Shakir
Kauffman Fellow - Class 23
San Francisco, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Yipeng Zhao?
Yipeng Zhao is a syndicate member and venture capital investor based in Los Angeles, California, United States, listed as Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Embark Ventures. The known portfolio of that firm counts 10 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Yipeng Zhao personally.
What does Yipeng Zhao invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, FinTech and Hardware; listed focus areas include 3D Technology, AI Applications, Asset Management and Biotech. 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 Yipeng Zhao invest at?
Embark Ventures appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Yipeng Zhao is listed there as Co-Founder & Managing Partner. 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 Yipeng Zhao listed at?
Yipeng Zhao is listed as Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Embark Ventures. 190 other people in the database share a firm with Yipeng Zhao.
How do I contact Yipeng Zhao?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Yipeng Zhao. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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