# Zac Zeitlin

> Zac Zeitlin is a seed investor at New Ground Ventures (Westport) backing Education and EdTech. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [New Ground Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-ground-ventures)
- Location: Westport, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Oct 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-zeitlin-4471a9

Zac Zeitlin is a seed investor at New Ground Ventures in Westport focused on Education and EdTech. Zac has been an active investor in an exciting group of impact-minded, early stage companies, with a focus on food, health and wellness, education and financial technology. Prior to starting NGV, Zac was a co-founder and head of the Principal Finance business of Silver Point Capital, as well as one of the firm’s six partners. Zac began his careeras a private equity investor in the PIA group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and at TPG Capital. He is a Plan II-Business Honors graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Zac is the Treasurer and a Trustee of Greens Farms Academy.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 5 | 45% |
| EdTech | 3 | 27% |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| Health Care | 3 | 27% |
| Mobile | 2 | 18% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 55% |
| Series A | 3 | 27% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cricket eLearning | Fluent City is a language company that offers online classes in 11 different languages. We're on a mission to help you achieve your language-learning goals by teaching you how to talk about the things you care about most. Our team uses AI and natural language processing technology to provide hyper-relevant content and personalized, engaginglesson plans that help you get fluent faster. | $3M | Series A | Oct 18, 2017 |  |
| Cricket eLearning | Fluent City is a language company that offers online classes in 11 different languages. We're on a mission to help you achieve your language-learning goals by teaching you how to talk about the things you care about most. Our team uses AI and natural language processing technology to provide hyper-relevant content and personalized, engaginglesson plans that help you get fluent faster. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 08, 2016 |  |
| Vocate | Vocate is the online upgrade of the student career center. The key feature is a matching marketplace for student jobs and internships, supported by tools that guide customers along their path. | $3M | Seed | Jun 30, 2016 |  |
| Newsela | Newsela is an Edtech startup that takes real and new content from trusted providers and turns it into learning materials. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 09, 2013 |  |
| LightSail Education | LightSail is the only literacy accelerator that combines all of the best books with in-text embedded assessments and real-time, actionable data to deliver industry-leading literacy gains. LightSail is personalized to each student, ensuring that they are reading high-interest books right at, or above, their individual reading level. LightSailassesses students as they read, and adapts their libraries as they grow. Students using LightSail’s platform for just 30 minutes a day are seeing average gains of 2x “Ideal Lexile Growth.” LightSail is used in more than 150 elementary, middle, and high schools, including the New York City DOE, Los Angeles Unified School District, Chicago Public Schools, and numerous high-performing charter schools. | $1M | Seed | Jul 03, 2013 |  |
| PokitDok | PokitDok powers interoperable healthcare transactions. Its APIs facilitate eligibility checks, claims submissions, appointment scheduling, payment optimization, patient identity management, pharmacy benefits, and other business processes. Hospital systems, digital health startups, systems integrators, and telehealth companies use PokitDok’sdevelopment platform to improve workflows, cut costs, and discover business patterns with big data.The platform also provides an e-commerce storefront for practitioners seeking to market their services and enable consumers to pay for treatment upfront at PokitDok.com or via a downloadable app on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | $4.3M | Series A | Jun 26, 2013 |  |
| Real Food Works | Real Food Works is dedicated to helping people live healthier by eating more plant-based whole foods. It offers a new kind of subscription program, featuring wholesome, delicious, nutritionally optimized meals prepared by local independent restaurants and delivered fresh to our customers each week. The program philosophy is best described by authorMichael Pollan: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."Food is prepared by a network of local independent restaurants. Each partner creates dishes that reflect their own culinary vision yet still meet strict nutritional requirements. Meals arrive fresh, ready to eat, in individual portions of breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Dishes are offered in a rotating weekly menu of 25 different options each week, with a wide variety of cuisines represented. | $175K | Seed | Jun 05, 2013 |  |
| ONEHOPE | ONEHOPE is a social enterprise that sells wine and other products and services to raise awareness and funding for charitable organizationsand social causes as well as donates half of its profits to charity, enabling its customers to contribute to social causes. | $6M | Series B | Mar 01, 2013 |  |
| Engrade | Engrade was founded in 2003 by a high school student who wanted a better way to connect with teachers on homework, assessments, and messages. Over the years, user feedback and innovative ideas have shaped Engrade into a robust learning management system. Today, Engrade is a division of digital learning-focused CTB/McGraw-Hill and helpseducators, parents, and students through all stages of the learning cycle from curriculum planning to assessments. | $3M | Series A | May 02, 2012 |  |
| Everest | Everest is a SNS-based mobile app that enables users to share photos and experiences about the adventures and journeys in life. The app is available for download at the Apple Store. | $300K | Angel | Jan 01, 2012 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Learn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/learncapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lerner Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lerner-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-schools-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1776 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1776-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Ridge Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-ridge-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About New Ground Ventures

VC Fund · Westport, United States

New Ground Ventures is an investment platform that offers funds and support for breakthrough companies. It combines investment experiences with shared, enduring commitment to the missions of companies in which they invest. The portfolio companies of New Ground Ventures are 915 LABS, aeglea, ALOHA, CARGO, and fingerprint.New Ground Ventures is aU.S.-based company that was founded in 2013 by Zac Zeitlin.

3 contacts available at New Ground Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Xu | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-xu-a7c5 |
| Suzy Wolfson | Director of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suzy-wolfson |
| Zac Zeitlin | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zac-zeitlin |

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## FAQ

### What does Zac Zeitlin invest in?

Zac Zeitlin invests primarily in Education, EdTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 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 Zac Zeitlin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Zac Zeitlin closed in Oct 2017. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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