Zach Ellis, Jr. is the Founder and Managing Director of South Loop Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in diverse founding teams building transformative technology companies.
Zach has held a variety of roles in venture capital, corporate innovation, and technology commercialization across a range of sectors, including biotech, cleantech, agtech and CPG. His previous experiences include Managing Director at Rev1 Ventures, corporate venture capital at PepsiCo; and commercializing university research at The Ohio State University and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).
Zach began his career as an active duty officer in the US Navy and earned an MS in Biotechnology from University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, and a BS in Science and Engineering from United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.