Deborah Zajac joined Touchdown Ventures in 2016. She has launched and run multiple corporate venture funds, co-founded the healthcare practice, and helped scale Touchdown Ventures. Deborah has about 20 years of experience in investment, innovation, and development in healthcare, deep tech, industrials, energy, and more.
Before joining Touchdown, Deborah spent a decade at GE Ventures and four of its predecessor funds helping to create “what’s next” by investing in and building businesses from seed to growth stage and exit. Deborah has helped launch startups from GE and Columbia University’s research labs and guided advanced technology out of the lab and into the market, backed by her operating experience at GE and Celarix.com. Deborah began her career in management consulting at Andersen.
Deborah earned her MBA concentrating in Finance and Entrepreneurship from NYU’s Stern School of Business and her BS and BA from Lehigh University, where she was an Iacocca and Trustee Scholar. Deborah served two terms as a Trustee of Lehigh University, founding Advisor to the nationally-ranked Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Innovation, and as an Exec-In-Residence at Columbia University’s Tech Ventures.
Favorite Hobby
Travel. She has experienced 6 continents, over 60 countries, and 40 states at least once, lived in Tokyo, and is just getting started.