Joe Zhao
Joe Zhao is the Founder and Managing Partner of Millennia Capital, a private equity firm focused on venture capital and growth equity businesses. Previously, he was Principal and Head of the Investment Team at InvestX Capital in New York, where had experience in contributing new fund deal sourcing and broader investment activities, including underwriting and portfolio monitoring. Earlier in his career, he served as an Economist within the equity and debt markets at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and DC. He was also a Markets and Policy Economist at IMF, focused on emerging markets with additional assignments with World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation.
Joe Zhao Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Managing Partner
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Member
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Management Consultant, Financial Services Advisory
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Markets & Policy Economist
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Markets & Policy Economist
Academic History
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M.B.A., Finance
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B.S., Management Science, Operations Research
MILLENIA CAPITAL
Millenia Capital is focused on early and growth-stage venture capital investments across financial technology, blockchain, enterprise software, and internet marketplaces.
The firm is led by an experienced team from finance, government, and technology, applying a global macro and value investing framework in private markets in the U.S. and international markets.
The firm's portfolio includes SpaceX, OpenAI, Cohere, Stability, LLM Company, Lambda, Deep Instinct, Automation Anywhere, Pico, SecurityScorecard, Lookout, and others.
EARLY CAREER
At InvestX Capital, his portfolio included Palantir, Airbnb, SoFi, Dataminr, DataStax, Hootsuite, and others.
He was a Management Consultant for Ernst & Young - Parthenon, where he worked on strategy and operations consulting for banks and financial institutions.
He was a Markets and Policy Economist at IMF, focused on emerging markets with country assignments in Afghanistan and Malaysia.
At the Fed, he worked on monetary policy, rates, fixed income, equity markets, private markets, global macro, and asset allocation.
He also focused on financial institutions such as central banks, the U.S. Treasury, repo markets, and leveraged lending guidance.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Joe has appeared in Bloomberg, BusinessWire, and Real Vision.