We're looking forward to our CEO, Garrett Viggers, speaking at High Alpha Innovation's Alloy Conference in Atlanta (Sept 10th) on a panel discussing "How AI Fits Into Heavily Regulated Industries" along with Jake Miller & Humberto Alexander Lee. The future is bright for the employee benefits industry to better serve employers and employees. #employeebenefits #ai #machinelearning #healthcare #venturestudio #startupstudio #highalphainnovation #securityfirst
Zoë Foundry
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Silicon Valley, CA 514 followers
A culture-first venture studio elevating employee benefits.
About us
The word Zoë is Greek for “life” or “to give birth”, it reflects our vision to bring life to the employee benefits industry through giving birth to our portfolio of companies. We value our culture and deeply believe in return on character: We dream to build a culture centered company that truly embodies life at its fullest. We’ve seen first hand that happy employees make the biggest and most impactful dents in the world even in small numbers. Our goal is to embed this into all of our portfolio companies starting with the Employee Benefits space. Our unique focus in Employee Benefits: Our mission is to build the next generation of companies who will elevate the Employee Benefits Space. We have designed our focus around everything a founder would need to be successful in founding and exiting in this space. We do this by providing a community of employee benefits experts, capital and turn-key resources to be the best co-founder possible. We’ve also strategically placed industry giants representing the ecosystem on our cap table. This will help drive efficient market validation engagements and swiftly build meaningful momentum for our portfolio companies. Superman vs Ironman: Traditional investing is looking for the “Superman” - the search for perfection. Venture Studios is the creation of the great - “Ironman”. We’re taking the already knowledgeable individual and providing them an Ironman suit. Every subject matter expert can become an ironman with Zoë Foundry. The perfect co-founder: We believe the best founders are already subject matter experts in their field. We are specifically looking for co-founders who have been in this industry for a number of years or have failed or succeeded in founding a company in this space. The perfect co-founder will have some background in product development and/or have magical talents selling into the space. We will provide everything else.
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www.zoefoundry.com
External link for Zoë Foundry
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Silicon Valley, CA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2023
- Specialties
- Venture Studio, Employee Benefits, EIR Program, Community Centered, and Company Building
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Silicon Valley, CA 94041, US
Employees at Zoë Foundry
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Sudha Kaki
Chief Technology Officer, Soluta Boon-chapman | ex-Ease/Employee Navigator, ex-WebMD , ex-Oracle
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Jason T. Andrew
Making the world a little better through starting, investing, growing and advising companies in the employee benefits space.
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Jennifer Fitzgerald
Advisor & board member | Founder and ex-CEO at Policygenius | ex-McKinsey
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Dennis Carlson
Mission-Driven Executive Benefits Advisor
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We are grateful to welcome Kevin Timone of Amwins / Amwins Connect as one of our Zoë Collective active executive advisors! Kevin has held sales leadership positions for over 18 years with both market-leading general agencies and third-party administrators in the employee benefits industry. #zoecollective #venturestudio #startupstudio #employeebenefits #insurtech
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Happy Friday! We gathered this week for our first board meeting in Des Moines at Principal Financial Group. The future is bright to build great companies that solve meaningful problems with great founders that serve the employee benefits industry. And, we get to do good in the world along the way! #employeebenefits #venturestudio #startupstudio #culturematters #dogood
CEO & Co-founder @Zoë Foundry [We build and back companies with co-founders in the employee benefits space] | Exited Insurtech Founder | Chief Evangelist & Bard
🙏 Grateful for ManchesterStory (Nicole (Cook) Gunderson) sponsoring our Zoë Foundry Live Painting for Good experience (with mixed media artist Jason Gross) at our first Kairos Connection & Ideation Event in Des Moines back in May. Proceeds from the auction went to Principal Charity Classic Iowa kids charities! 🙏 Grateful for Principal Financial Group hosting our first Zoë board meeting with Jason T. Andrew, Kara Hoogensen, Peter A Espinosa. The future is bright to build great companies with great founders that serve the employee benefits industry. 🚀 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TO COME 🚀 We're hosting our next Zoë Foundry Kairos event at InsureTech Connect October 15th with SPECIAL GUESTS*** and a new artist + employee benefits sponsor for our Live Painting for Good experience with proceeds going to another amazing charity. #dogood #iowakids #employeebenefits #principalcharityclassic #kairosconnection #venturestudio #startupstudio
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📣We’re thrilled to announce our strategic lead investors, Principal Financial Group and Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated! We are on a mission to elevate the employee benefits space by launching companies with founders committed to solving meaningful problems. 🎉 #venturestudio #startupstudio #employeebenefits #insurtech https://lnkd.in/gPm3ExGQ
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Happy Monday! We're excited to be auctioning off the live painting artwork by Jason Gross of ManchesterStory that came to life during our first Kairos Connection (Ideation) Session in Des Moines, Iowa a few weeks ago. The proceeds from this auction will go to support the Principal Charity Classic Iowa Children's Charities. The auction will be open to bidding this week until Thursday. Here is a link to the artwork auction: https://lnkd.in/gDjKpY_f #dogood #livepainting #kairosconnection #zoefoundry #employeebenefits #venturestudio #startupstudio #insurtech #soundofculture
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We are excited to be auctioning off this painting 🎨 by Des Moines artist Jason Gross of ManchesterStory, one of our strategic sponsors who painted live at our Kairos Connection (Ideation) event in Des Moines a few weeks ago. 🎉 The proceeds will go to Principal Charity Classic Iowa Kid's Charities! 🙏 DM us or reach out to Garrett Viggers or Jason T. Andrew directly to learn more. We will also be posting details on the auction in the next week or so. 📢 #venturestudio #startupstudio #principalcharityclassic #insurtech #employeebenefits #kairosconnection #zoefoundry #dogood
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Team Zoë at Insurtech Insights USA today in NY with our co-founder Jason T. Andrew moderating a panel on meeting the needs of a changing workforce by leveraging tech to deliver seamless employee benefits. Great panelists and discussion all around with Kara Hoogensen at Principal Financial Group, Pamela Bloom-Pugliese at ODG by MCG, Veer Gidwaney at Ansel Health and Brad Mandacina at Lockton. #ITIUSA24 #employeebenefits #venturestudio #startupstudio #insurtech #zoefoundry #insurtechinsights
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We hosted our first Kairos Connection (Ideation) event in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday! There were CONNECTIONS made & CONCEPTS ideated on in the employee benefits industry as we fill our top of funnel with problems to look at solving for our 3rd portfolio company. We gathered with partners, investors, founders, advisors and corporates and provided an "open house" to what we've been up to the past year. 🚀 Built a solid core team of founders, investors and operators 🚀 Refined our ideation to scale process 🚀 Launched our 2nd portfolio company The event also included a live painting by Jason Gross of ManchesterStory (to be auctioned off in a few weeks for Principal Charity Classic Iowa Children's Charities - MORE TO COME ON THIS) and live music 🎻 by Hanna Wolle (amazing violinist) and our CEO, Garrett Viggers (hammer dulcimer). We are grateful for our sponsors Principal Financial Group, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated, ManchesterStory, and Global Insurance Accelerator for opening up the GIA HQ. #venturestudio #startupstudio #employeebenefits #insurtech #kairosconnection #zoefoundry #soundofculture #desmoines
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We're excited to be hosting our first quarterly Kairos Connection today in Des Moines during the Principal Charity Classic. This event is focused on CONNECTIONS (worth making) + CONCEPTS (worth exploring) in the employee benefits industry as we look at our ideation process for finding our next portfolio company to build & launch. We are gathering with our team, potential founders, investors, advisors, and partners, all on a mission to elevate the employee benefits industry. The word "zoë" is Greek for "life" or "to give birth," and it's our desire that the trusted relationships we build and the companies we create will truly bring life to our industry. The word "kairos" is Greek for "right time" or "opportunity." It's our desire to set this opportune time apart to be fully present and focused on the timely problem spaces and opportunities in our industry worth ideating and exploring together. Shout out to our sponsors Principal Financial Group, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated, ManchesterStory, Global Insurance Accelerator. We are also grateful to support the Principal Charity Classic lowa Children's Charities through a live painting by Jason Gross (ManchesterStory), which will be auctioned with a donation at a later date. #venturestudio #startupstudio #employeebenefits #insurtech #kairosconnection #zoefoundry #iowakids
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Team Zoë Foundry will be at Insurtech Insights NY Conference June 5-6! And, Jason T. Andrew will be moderating a panel on “Meeting the Needs of a Changing Workforce” 🎉 #insurtechinsights #insurtech #employeebenefits #venturestudio #startupstudio #zoefoundry
Join us at USA’s leading insurtech conference for an engaging session on "Meeting the Needs of a Changing Workforce: Leveraging Tech to Deliver Seamless Employee Benefits," moderated by Jason T. Andrew, COO/CIO & Co-Founder of Zoë Foundry! Discover how to navigate the evolving landscape of employee benefits by leveraging technology to deliver seamless solutions. In this session, Jason will lead discussions on innovative approaches to address the changing needs of today's workforce, empowering attendees to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving industry. Don't miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights and explore strategies to optimize employee benefits for the digital age. Secure your spot now for Insurtech Insights USA 2024: https://lnkd.in/grN-cXn #ITI2024 #ITIUSA2024 #InsurtechInsights #Insurance #Insurtech #EmployeeBenefits #WorkforceTechnology #Entrepreneurship
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