Zach Barasz

G2 Venture Partners, Partner

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Career Highlights

• At G2, leading growth investments in awesome companies like Locus Robotics and Motive

• At BMW, backing Xometry at Series B and seeing its path to IPO

• At KP, driving our investment in Turo (despite internal headwinds)

Failures

• One particular investment that I knew at the time was FOMO driven, not fundamentals driven, and no matter the return we earn in the end it will have been a huge failure.

current focus

• Growth stage investing in tech companies at their inflection points will help build a more sustainable global economy. More specifically: Series B and later, $15-50m investments in companies that are, in some way, making industries like Manufacturing, Transportation, Agriculture, Supply Chain/Logistics, eCommerce, and Energy more sustainable and resource-efficient, decoupling economic growth from resource consumption.

Hobbies

Golf, Legos with my kids, Wine, Boating/time on the water

Talk to me about

• Raising growth capital, or investing at growth stages

• Sustainability and industrial technology investing or entrepreneurship, including robotics, manufacturing, supply chain & logistics, transportation, etc.

• Hiring and talent management at scaling venture-backed companies

• Remote work dos, don'ts

I want to talk to you about

• How are companies managing their unit economic engine in an uncertain macro (e.g., how are folks scaling sales and marketing when demand might be slowing)?

• How are companies thinking about managing runway and balancing internal investors vs. outside fundraising in this market?

• Looking for great potential investments to make