RIchard Odior

Richard Odior is a Principal at Zeal Capital Partners, where he currently focuses on managing the venture capital firm's dedicated pre-seed investment vehicle. Working alongside Founder and Managing Partner Nasir Qadree, Odior helps strategically deploy capital from the firm's recently closed $82 million Fund II. This venture fund is backed by prominent institutional limited partners, including the Citi Impact Fund, MassMutual, Wells Fargo, and Spelman College. His daily investment activities involve sourcing and evaluating early-stage technology and artificial intelligence startups, which recently included participating in the $6 million seed funding round for the AI-powered commercial platform PraxisPro. Odior leverages a highly diverse professional background spanning roles as an intrapreneur, entrepreneur, investor, product strategist, small business owner, and independent management consultant to identify and support emerging founders across the pre-seed technology ecosystem.