Zal Bilimoria

Founding Partner at Refactor Capital

Zal Bilimoria is the Founding Partner at Refactor Capital, a venture capital firm he co-founded in 2016, which focuses on seed-stage investments primarily in the biotech, climate, and hard tech sectors. Since 2018, he has been a solo general partner at Refactor, a role he embraced following the retirement of his co-founder, David Lee. Bilimoria's decision to operate independently was influenced by his desire for autonomy and direct engagement with startup founders.1 4

Before establishing Refactor Capital, Bilimoria was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he helped launch their $200 million Bio Fund. His extensive background in technology includes significant roles at major companies such as Google, Netflix, LinkedIn, and Microsoft, where he contributed to product development and management.1 2 4

Bilimoria has successfully raised multiple funds, including a recent $50 million fund aimed at supporting innovative startups. Under his leadership, Refactor Capital has invested in over 100 companies, including several that have achieved unicorn status.1 5 His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.2 3

Highlights

Oct 30 · twitter

Tech platforms where I worked as a PM a decade or two ago had tiny fractions of these amounts reported recently 🤯:

YouTube: $50B annualized revenue. Netflix: $34B annualized. LinkedIn premium: $1.7B annualized. https://t.co/opEVJSbElt

$Tech platforms where I worked as a PM a decade or two ago had tiny fractions of these amounts report$

Oct 28 · twitter

Feature request for @ramp: Ability to multi-select expenses in order to modify a field (like Xero Tag) for all selected expenses. cc @eglyman

Jun 18 · techcrunch.com

Zal Bilimoria just raised a $50M fourth Refactor Capital fund, and still ...

Experience

Founding Partner at Refactor Capital

Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (September 2013 - January 2016), Senior Product Manager at LinkedIn (July 2012 - August 2013), Head of Mobile at Netflix (May 2011 - June 2012), Product Manager at Google (December 2006 - March 2010)