#20 Zeal Capital | How a Sole, Diverse GP Raised an Oversubscribed First Fund During COVID

Nasir Qadree raised an oversubscribed first fund through Covid from large institutional capital sources like PayPal, Bank of America and Truist Bank to rethink the building blocks of wealth in our society. Nasir’s pathway into venture was not a straight line. After starting his career at Goldman Sachs, Nasir found his way to the private markets after opening a coffee shop in the West Village and discovering that many of his patrons were venture capitalists. Today, Nasir is building a new type of community around his values with posts ranging from his goal of running 51 marathons, DJ-ing at a club each week, and meditation. Together, Zeal represents a new VC firm to deploy capital from some of the largest institutions in America to bridge the economic opportunity gap.