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Zapata Computing Funding Round

Zapata Computing closed a $38 million Series B funding round on 11/23/2020. Backers included Comcast Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital and Prelude Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
11/23/2020
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$38,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Comcast Ventures (Lead Investor) (Gil Beyda)

Pitango Venture Capital (Lead Investor) (Ayal Itzkovitz)

Prelude Ventures (Lead Investor) (Mark Cupta)

Ahren Innovation Capital (Alice Newcombe-Ellis)

Alumni Capital Network

BASF Venture Capital America (Markus Solibieda)

Honeywell Venture Capital (Murray Grainger)

Itochu Corporation

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund

Robert Bosch Venture Capital (Ingo Ramesohl)

The Engine (Reed Sturtevant)

Proceeds Purpose
Zapata will use this new infusion of funds to pursue three goals: Drive Adoption of Quantum-Enabled Workflows for Data Analytics; Scale the Zapata Team and Move Enterprise Customers Closer to Quantum Advantage.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
100 Federal St. 20th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
USA
Email Address
Overview
Zapata Computing is a stealth mode Cambridge, MA based quantum software and services company, launched by a group of Harvard scientists, including Alan Aspuru-Guzik.
Profile
Zapata Computing LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
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Company News
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Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Christopher Savoie
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Chief Financial Officer
Julie Andriolo
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Chief Marketing Officer
Katherine Londergan
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Chief Scientific Officer
Alán Aspuru-Guzik
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Chief Technical Officer
Yudong Cao
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Founder
Jhonathan Fontalvo
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Founder
Peter Johnson
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Founder
Jonathan Olson
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VP - Bus. Development
Witold Kowalczyk
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VP - Bus. Development
Michael Warren
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VP - Engineering
Borja Peropadre
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VP - General Counsel
Jeffrey Greene
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VP - Operations
Greg Ramsay
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VP - Product Management
Timothy Hirzel
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