Cole Zucker

ZuVi Investments 

Joint family office focused on lower mid market private equity.

Managing Partner

Member - Santa Monica Chapter

Hey Hero Labs

Acquired by Sanctuary Ventures January 2022

Co-Founder

GREEN CREATIVE

Provides LED lighting products to North America.

Co-CEO & Co-Founder

Everbright Engineering

VP of Sales

I'm Cole, an entrepreneur with a running addiction. 

I am a Co-Managing Partner at Zuvi Investments, a joint family office dedicated to helping small businesses transition into established middle-market companies. 

Previously, I was the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of GREEN CREATIVE, a commercial-grade LED lighting company. My partner and I bootstrapped the business to over $60m in annual sales, successfully exiting to a PE fund. Our journey is chronicled in our book, “Flipping The Switch” (available now).

I was also a co-founder of Hey Hero Labs, a platform for personalized video content creation. The company was acquired by Sanctuary Ventures in 2022.

Outside of business, I'm driven by my passion for running. Having recently turned 40, I've achieved personal bests that surpass my times from 20 years ago. I'm always experimenting with new techniques and training methods to optimize performance and longevity.

Joint family office focused on low mid market private equity, angel investing, and real estate.

Josh Wand

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been interested in organizational structure and the kinds of social behaviors that help companies grow. I am the founder and CEO of ForceBrands and PINATA, two companies that are unique in the world of recruiting and hiring.

I founded ForceBrands in 2007 with the launch of BevForce, a hiring resource with an exclusive focus on the beverage industry. The success of BevForce evolved into the expansion into the food, beauty/wellness, and cannabis industries. With the understanding that people are a company's greatest asset, ForceBrands offers executive search services, board of director assembly, and a digital job board that services its industry-specific divisions: BevForce, FoodForce, BeautyForce, HerbForce, and now PetForce.

ForceBrands specializes in working with emerging and enterprise consumer brands to help build world-class teams while also elevating professionals at all stages of their careers. I attribute the company's success to the unique qualities and dedication of the people involved. After years of building relationships with companies of all sizes, I saw a need among clients for a better solution to external field staffing. Enter PINATA.

PINATA is a hiring platform with the mission to unleash the potential of brands and individuals through a data-driven community that elevates the freelance workforce. PINATA aims to revolutionize field marketing by utilizing a multi-sided marketplace across both web and mobile. PINATA has connected thousands of brands, agencies, and freelance ambassadors across the country by harnessing time-saving software, curated local partners, and powerful data to maximize field marketing efforts.

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