Zelda Zhao

Zelda Zhao is an Analyst at H Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. In this role, she supports the firm's investment strategy, which targets early-stage, seed, and Series A funding rounds with check sizes ranging from $100,000 to $5 million and a typical sweet spot of $500,000. Her work involves evaluating opportunities across the firm's portfolio, which includes consumer and health-focused startups such as Kinship, which raised a $2.8 million seed round, and Prima, which secured $9 million in seed funding. Additionally, the firm has backed emerging consumer brands like Hazel, which raised a $2.52 million seed round, and Cerebelly, reflecting a broad investment mandate across multiple categories. Zhao currently focuses on sourcing and analyzing investments across diverse sectors including biotechnology, healthtech, cosmetics, food and beverage, and woman-focused consumer products.