# John Zapolski

> John Zapolski is a pre-seed investor at Alive Ventures backing Tutoring and Education. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Alive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alive-ventures)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jzapolski/

John Zapolski is a pre-seed investor at Alive Ventures in Los Angeles focused on Tutoring and Education. John Zapolski

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tutoring | 1 | 100% |
| Education | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |
| Content Creators | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Socialize | Socialize platform with its easy tutorials helps anyone create content on social media. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Mar 24, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Alive Ventures

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Alive Ventures is a startup studio that imagines and builds companies, products, and services that help older adults live work and love. Alive Ventures has formally spun out of the Scan Foundation. Alive Ventures helps de-risk the traditional startup process while attracting high-caliber design and entrepreneurial talent to its mission.

2 contacts available at Alive Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chima Osuka | EIREIR Alive Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chima-osuka |
| John Zapolski | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-zapolski |

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## FAQ

### What does John Zapolski invest in?

John Zapolski invests primarily in Tutoring, Education and Social Media startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did John Zapolski last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Zapolski closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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