Zep Fund
We are a business creation platform that invests in extraordinary individuals, and empowers them to shape th future.
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Our Vision
The ZEP fund was created to help bridge financing for companies coming out of the Zell program. Our goal is to help ventures seeking pre- seed funding, as a means to validate product market fit and kickstart future funding rounds.
While the fund primarily focuses on recent Zell graduates, we welcome all alumni ventures to apply and participate as well. As of today, we have funded 38 outstanding companies who are well on their way to disrupting various industries spanning from commerce to finance. It’s our belief that a strong financial foundation coupled with an extensive support network of mentors and alumni is a recipe for success. By supporting graduates throughout every stage of their entrepreneurial journey, our ventures have a strong support system to help them grow.
How does it work?
Every year we receive applications seeking funding from both recent Zell graduates and alumni ventures. Our investment committee is composed of the programs’ active chairperson, the academic director, an alumni representative, a representative from the program advisory board and Reichman University's CFO. At the final stage the investment committee convenes to review materials and meet the financed ventures for that given year.
Each year the investment committee is vested with the task of choosing five companies to invest $50,000 in under a founder-friendly tailor-made SAFE. While the ZEP Fund would love to support all of our alumni, and do so when we can in other non-financial means, we are constrained to just five investments each funding cycle.
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Our portfolio companies
A cloud-based platform to which construction companies can export their BIM models and get real- time alerts on design errors, construction issues and potential risks, based on their
VirtualOffice allows companies and remote teams to take their video meetings to the next level.
inbe (Previously Caryera) provides a personalized Career Path, for an efficient career development & execution. The platform is updated in real time.
Curious to learn more?
At Zell, we’re always hungry to learn more and to ask questions big or small. If you’re interested to find out more about the Zell Alumni Organization, shoot us a message and someone from our team will be in touch to answer any and all questions you may have.