Juan Zavala

Juan Zavala is a Partner at New Markets Venture Partners. He is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing new investment opportunities as well as supporting existing portfolio companies and firm operations. He serves as a Board Director or Observer for Brains and Motion Education, Censia, Climb Credit, Coding Temple, Concentric, CreatorUp, Motimatic, Nexford University, and Regent Education. He is also actively involved with Mantra Health.

Prior to New Markets, Juan was an Investment Analyst at Siguler Guff, a private equity firm with over $13 billion in AUM, where he was actively involved in deal execution and analyzing and monitoring direct equity and fund investments for the firm’s Small Buyout Opportunities Funds. Prior to Siguler Guff, Juan was an Associate at Cambridge Associates, an investment consulting firm, where he researched various private equity managers and strategies.

Juan holds a B.A. in Economics with honors and a Minor in Mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a CFA and CAIA Charterholder. Juan is a dual citizen of both Peru and the U.S and lives with his wife in Rockville, Maryland.