Zach Bratun-glennon
General Partner at Gradient
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2017 - Current
Investing in disruptive founders, products and technologies. Believing early. Building and supporting throughout. Focusing on Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A investments. Active Investments: - Lambda Labs | https://lambdalabs.com/ - Openly | https://openly.com/ - Moov | https://moov.io/ - Wise | https://www.wisesystems.com/ - Elsa | https://elsaspeak.com/en/ - Syrup | https://syrup.tech/ - Rad AI | https://www.radai.com/ - Onaroll | https://www.onaroll.co/ - Numa | https://www.numa.com/ - Norby | https://www.norby.live/ - Fragment | https://fragment.dev/ - Spade | https://www.spade.dev/ - Venn | https://www.venn.ca/ - OlaClick | https://www.olaclick.com/ - Heru | https://www.heru.app/ - Snag | https://www.snagsolutions.io/ - Stack AI | https://www.stack-ai.com/ - Fileread | https://www.fileread.com/ - CentML | https://centml.ai/ - Toku | https://trytoku.com/ - Forge | https://www.forgehq.com/ - Roe AI | https://www.getroe.ai/ - Concierge AI | https://askconcierge.ai/ - [unannounced] AI native CRM - [unannounced] Insurance operations agent - [unannounced] AI user personalization and search for ecommerce - [unannounced] AI supply chain management automation - [unannounced] AI compute rearchitected (aka Dojo part 2) - [unannounced] AI home health RCM - [unannounced] AI restaurant answering and customer service - [unannounced] AI agent for vulnerability management Prior Investments: Acquired: Outgo (acq ROP), Recurate (acq Trove), Myst (acq SNOW), Plannuh (acq Planful), Flyreel (acq RELX), OnScale (acq ANSS), Young Alfred (acq Credible), Iteratively (acq AMPL), Sapling (acq Kallidus), AllyO (acq HireVue), YearEnd (acq Carta), BluePallet (acq Vinmar) Shutdown: Tandym, Boon.ai
Gradient is a seed fund that invests in founders developing AI technologies.
Board Member
2018
Board Member
2022
Predictive software for inventory decision-making in commerce, powered by AI/ML.
Raised $25,100,000.00 from Atacama Ventures, Accel, 1984 Ventures and Gradient.
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2019
Board Member
2022
Onaroll is an employee rewards app that incentivizes productivity and longevity.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Gradient.
Board Member
2022
Board Member
2019
Elsa is an AI-enabled language learning platform that focuses on spolen English communication
Raised $48,250,000.00 from Asia Growth Investment Fund, UOB Venture, Globant Ventures, Monk’s Hill Ventures, Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, Gradient and Vietnam Investments Groups.
Board Member
2018
Wise Systems' autonomous dispatch and routing software uses AI to improve fleet efficiency and customer service for last-mile operations.
Raised $73,050,659.00 from Valo Ventures, Gutbrain Ventures, Gradient, Section 32 and Prologis Ventures.
Corporate Development
2015 - 2017
Deal lead on acquisitions and strategic investments for Cloud, Ads and Commerce (Shopping, Pay, etc.).
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.