Aaron Neil
Vice President
Battery Ventures
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Bio
Professional summary
Zack Smotherman is a general partner at Battery Ventures in Boston and helps lead the firm's industrial-technology and life-science tools practice. He focuses on later-stage buyout investments in the U.S. and Europe and is involved with platforms including AnalytiChem, Axiometrix Solutions, ifp, NVT, Reliability Won, SPT Life Sciences and Velaris. Before Battery, he was an investor at WestView Capital Partners and began his career in investment banking at Avondale Partners.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
AnalytiChemAxiometrix SolutionsReliability WonSPT Life SciencesVelaris
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Battery VenturesGeneral Partner2013 – Present
- WestView Capital PartnersInvestor
- Avondale PartnersInvestment Banking
Education
- Tufts UniversityBS in Economics
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementMBA
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