Risking It All?
Better Call Zal.
I’m Zal (rhymes with “Saul”), solo capitalist at Refactor. For over a decade, I’ve backed founders refactoring the real world.
I invest $1–2M in seed stage hard tech startups across the US. Refactor is a solo employee firm managing $300M across five funds. If we work together, I want to be your first call.
A Refactor founder coined “Better Call Zal.”
I try to earn it every day.
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is software for aerospace and defense.
creates specialized lipids for premium brands.
helps reduce energy costs and emissions.
helps couples have healthy babies.
builds and operates Micro GEO satellites.
is developing therapeutics for the immune system.
is a nicotine alternative company.
uses AI to build autoimmune therapeutics.
edits crop genomes and activates novel traits.
is a digital recovery program and was acquired by Monument.
is a mental health company and was acquired by Modern Health.
is bringing land back online.
is modern emergency department software.
provides virtual surgery consults and was acquired by Mendaera.
is toxin removal for our bodies.
is a global parametric flood insurance solution.
uses AI and robotics to develop novel drugs.
is bringing the chemical industry online.
helped providers get paid and was acquired by $HCAT.
engineers yeast to do incredible things.
provides lifelong mental health support.
is personalized therapies for rare disease.
is building a virtual immune system.
manufactures the most advanced electric powertrains.
is automation tech and was acquired by $XMTR.
builds advanced spacecraft for sustained maneuver.
is fighting COVID and was acquired by $NRBO.
uses living neurons to improve AI models.
uses immune organoids to design drugs.
develops orally-inhaled therapeutics.
is a senior care marketplace and was acquired by $IAC.
transforms kelp into chemicals.
is a Medicare Advantage plan and went public ($CLOV).
is telehealth orthodontics and was acquired by Impress.
is a modern employer health plan.
enriches isotopes for nuclear energy.
structures the world's medical data and makes it useful.
is advancing medicine with intelligent pathology.
is building biodefense technologies.
manufactures chemicals using biology.
is robotics for data centers.
is a CRM app and was acquired by People.AI.
is building a large physics foundation model for the weather.
is a cryptocurrency exchange and went public ($COIN).
provides medication and support for quitting opioids.
is making safer drugs.
built Locker Room and was acquired by Spotify ($SPOT).
helps the world communicate science.
is the simplest, smartest backup home battery.
is the foundation model for the subsurface.
unlocks a deeper understanding of your mind.
is advancing hormone-free IVF.
is FDA compliance as a service and was acquired by $ROIV.
was a crypto wallet and was acquired by FTX.
is developing the pill for men.
develops off-the-shelf cancer therapies.
gives our best friends (our dogs) more time with us.
is robotics for the grid.
is building novel products for cell and gene therapy.
is modernizing revenue cycle operations for healthcare.
is AI inference infrastructure at the metro edge.
