Grace Kasten

Former investor at Pace Capital (New York City); as of Jan 2026 investing at Z Fellows (San Francisco).

Snapshot

• Role: Investor at Pace Capital Jan 2023 – Dec 2025 (joined as the third person on the investing team); as of Jan 2026 investing at Z Fellows (San Francisco) — Cory Levy’s founder program.
• Contact: grace@pacecapital.com — likely no longer active following her departure from Pace; verify before relying on it. ^[ambiguous]
• ✅ Departure confirmed: her LinkedIn shows the Pace investor role ending Dec 2025 (2 yrs 11 mo) and a new “Investing at Z Fellows” role from Jan 2026. Treat her as a former Pace Capital investor.

Background

• Stanford undergrad (economics).
• Wall Street investment banking — tech / media.
• Human Ventures — earliest-stage investing, before Pace.

Fundraise Relationship (init.inc)

• Status: suggested intro target — no contact made. Kushal Thaman named “grace kasten pace capital” in an iMessage list of possible intros on 2026-05-25. No intro has been made and no conversation has taken place. ^[single-source: iMessage analysis 2026-05-28]

Related

• Z Fellows (current — investing, as of Jan 2026)
• Cory Levy (Z Fellows founder)
• Pace Capital (former firm, Jan 2023 – Dec 2025)
• Kushal Thaman (who suggested the intro)