Zach Frankel

Firm: 1/0 Capital LLC (growth-stage transactions, US-focused, broad sector)
Location: California
Education: Harvard valedictorian → Rhodes Scholar (Oxford)
Discipline: Trained physicist; deep interest in machine learning

⭐ Private Equity Investor @ 0 Capital LLC — California-based; angel investor + entrepreneur.

Snapshot

1/0 Capital LLC — Private Equity Investor (current)
Founders Fund — earlier role (per profile aggregators)
Goldman Sachs — earlier role
Metabiota — earlier role (pandemic risk analytics company)
Global Viral Forecasting Initiative (GVFI) — initiated data efforts (precursor lineage to Metabiota)

⭐ Together AI seed round (May 2023) — Zach was one of ~17 individual angels in Together’s ** $20 M see d l e d b y Lux C a p i t a l * * . T h e$ 20M is the total round size, NOT his individual check (his check size is not disclosed).
Other investments alongside other prominent investors/firms ^[needs-research for full list]

2026-05-16 16:31 — Sazzad iMessaged Quinn McIntyre: “Yo, do you know Zach Frankel, and would you be able to connect me to him?” (no recorded reply from Quinn)
2026-05-16 16:35 — Sazzad iMessaged Kushal Thaman: “Do you by any chance know Zach Frankel or know anyone who knows him?”
2026-05-16 16:57 — Kushal: “i do know him”
2026-05-16 16:58 — Sazzad: “What are your thoughts on him? And Would you be open to introducing me to him?”
2026-05-16 18:17 — Kushal: “he’s an executor” + “i havent introd people to him before, not the relationship we have unf”
2026-05-16 19:01 — Sazzad asked Kushal: “You know anyone who does? Have been hearing really good things, and would like to get in touch?”
2026-05-22 13:19 — Kushal mentioned: “kole could put you in touch maybe” (= Kole Lee)
Status: Sazzad wants intro; no path landed yet. Kole Lee is the next-best connector to pursue.

Per iMessage: “have been hearing really good things”
Likely thesis fit: ML-trained physicist + growth-stage = pattern-match for sophisticated AI-infra investment