Zann Ali

Partner at 2048 Ventures

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Biography

Zann Ali is a Partner at 2048 Ventures. Before joining the firm he was at Putnam Investments, where his team-page biography says he worked with the Chief Investment and Operating Officers on investments and special projects. Before Putnam he spent four years at Fidelity Investments, first with the company's internal strategy team and then with Fidelity Health, an insurance technology startup he helped launch. He holds a B.S. in Statistics & Finance with Honors from Babson College and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. While at MIT he was a pre-seed investor with Dorm Room Fund, where his biography says he supported and invested in more than 20 student-founded startups, and he served on the teaching team for MIT's Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture Capital course. He is named as an author on several of the firm's investment announcements. No board seat for him was found in any portfolio-company filing or first-party page, so boardSeats is empty.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Rondah AIBroome AIRely IntelligenceAerodome

Career Timeline

2023
Co-authors 2048 Ventures' announcement of its investment in Aerodome, published 12 October 2023.
2025
Sole author of 2048 Ventures' announcement of its investment in Rondah AI, published 9 April 2025.
2026
Named as one of the firm's three GPs in the 29 January 2026 Fund III announcement.

Sources & References

2048 Ventures - Team (biography and title) ↗2048 Ventures - Our Investment in Rondah AI (9 April 2025), authored by Zann Ali ↗2048 Ventures - Our Investment in Broome AI (11 March 2026), authored by Alice Iskold and Zann Ali ↗2048 Ventures - Our Investment in Rely Intelligence (19 May 2026), authored by Alex Iskold, Zann Ali and Alice Iskold ↗2048 Ventures - Our Investment in Aerodome (12 October 2023), authored by Zann Ali and Alex Iskold ↗2048 Ventures Raises an Oversubscribed $82M Fund III (29 January 2026) ↗