Investing Profile

Zal Bilimoria

VC
Founding Partner at Refactor
refactor.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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Google Network
307 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Network
152 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania Network
142 CONNECTIONS
Andreessen Horowitz Network
59 CONNECTIONS
LinkedIn Network
46 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Refactor Capital Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
29
Current Fund Size
$50M

Zal Bilimoria is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Zal Bilimoria's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
General Galactic
SeedOct 2024$8M
$8M
Rubedo Life Sciences
Series AApr 2024$40M
SeedDec 2020$12M
$52M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Alex Morgan (Khosla Ventures), Chiara Castelli (Moonstone Venture Capital), Alice Newcombe-Ellis (Ahren Innovation Capital), Laura Deming (The Longevity Fund)
Parallel Bio
SeedDec 2022$4M
$4M
Knowde
Series BAug 2021$72M
Series AMay 2020$14M
SeedDec 2018$4M
Pre SeedSep 2017$1M
Pre-SeedSep 2017$1.5M
$160M
Co-investors: Shaun Maguire (Sequoia Capital), Drew Oetting (8VC), Kris Fredrickson (Coatue), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Garrett Goldberg (BEE Partners), Michael Berolzheimer (BEE Partners), David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Ian Rountree (Cantos Ventures)
Astranis
Series CApr 2021$250M
Series BFeb 2020$40M
Series AMar 2018$13M
SeedJun 2016
$300M
Co-investors: Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), Seth Bannon (Fifty Years), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Shahin Farshchi (Lux Capital), Ian Rountree (Cantos Ventures), Ethan Batraski (Venrock), Jonathan Roosevelt (Industry Ventures), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Jude Gomila (Jude Gomila Rolling Fund), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Matthew Bellamy (Helium-3 Ventures), Rayyan Islam (8090 Industries), Samvit Ramadurgam, Jaan Tallinn, Sahin Boydas, Matt Bellamy
Orchid
SeedApr 2021$5M
$17M
Co-investors: George M. Church (Catalio Capital), Varsha Rao, Balaji Srinivasan, Elad Gil, Dylan Field, Amjad Masad, Fidji Simo, Anne Wojcicki
ANA Therapeutics
SeedAug 2020$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Arvind Gupta (Mayfield), Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Deepak Gupta (Blue Bear Ventures), Matt Rogers (Incite Ventures), Jack Abraham (Atomic), Randi Zuckerberg (Offline Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Swati Mylavarapu (Incite Ventures), Sam Altman
Solugen
Series BApr 2020$30M
Series BMay 2019$32M
SeedMar 2017$4M
$66M
Co-investors: Seth Bannon (Fifty Years), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Brian Singerman (Founders Fund), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Ed Roman (Hack VC), Matthew Bellamy (Helium-3 Ventures), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Shruti Gandhi (Array Ventures), Susan Hobbs (CrunchFund), Todd Corenson, Matt Bellamy
Zal Bilimoria's Media (1)

Biology Is Eating the World

medium.com

most interested in

Biology is eating the world.

not interested in

Med-tech devices, single-asset therapeutics, traditional enterprise software, consumer mobile apps, etc.

Zal Bilimoria's Experience

Managing Partner Refactor Capital2016 - Present
Partner Andreessen Horowitz2013 - 2016
Senior Product Manager LinkedIn2012 - 2013
Senior Product Manager Netflix2011 - 2012
Co-Founder/CEO Sniply2010 - 2011
Product Manager Google2006 - 2010
Product Manager Microsoft2004 - 2006

Zal Bilimoria's Education

University of Pennsylvania BS Economics (Wharton)