Zhenya Mirkin
About Zhenya Mirkin
A 4-x founder, engineering executive, and an investor in over 50 companies with several public exits and multiple gainful acquisitions. I advise companies of all stages in their cutting-edge technology endeavors - from strategy to R&D to product launch. In my operational career, I brought to life products in domains including AI/ML/NLP/Search, AR/VR/wearables, web, distributed systems, healthtech, and automotive. I started companies (Entropy, most recently), I was head of AI at a public company (NYSE:RNG) and head of engineering at a Google Glass startup (Parsable) funded by top Silicon Valley VCs such as First Round, A16Z, and Lightspeed. The products I led were featured in media outlets such as NYT, WSJ, Fox Business, MSN, Recode. Twice. I have also been on the early engineering team at one of the biggest healthtech IPOs (Castlight Health). I hold multiple patents. My investments (seed/A) included Kiwi Crate, Doordash, Boom Supersonic, Relativity Space, Astranis, Rappi, Ripio, Deepgram, Aircall, and others. I enjoy uncovering and developing unique strategic business opportunities rooted in deep technological know-how. Over the span of 20+ years, I have worn many hats and contributed from engineering and research to operations and strategy. I am also blessed to have worked with many talented people and often tap into this network when an opportunity presents itself.