Zack Baker is a partner and seasoned entrepreneur based in Berkeley with a decade of experience building and scaling education and fintech ventures. He founded and led PassWhiz, an award-winning K-12 EdTech product, then transitioned into venture roles at Contrary before joining Road Capital Management as a partner, blending operator instincts with investment insight. His background as an iOS developer and philosophy graduate from UC Berkeley gives him a rare mix of technical fluency, product design sensibility, and structured critical thinking. Known for moving between hands-on product work and strategic leadership, he brings pragmatic, founder-first support to early-stage teams and portfolio companies.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Philosophy, Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley
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