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Nasir C. Qadree is the Founder & Managing Partner of Zeal Capital Partners, a premier mission-driven venture capital firm headquartered in Washington, DC. Under his leadership, Zeal has grown to manage $184 million in assets across three accounts, deploying capital to scale high-growth businesses across the future of learning and work, financial technology, and health equity verticals.

As the architect of Zeal’s Inclusive Investing™ approach, Nasir has positioned the firm as a leading force in advancing equitable access to capital, earning recognition on the Impact Assets 50 list for three consecutive years. He also chairs Zeal’s Investment Committee, overseeing strategy, portfolio value creation, and post-investment growth initiatives.

Before founding Zeal, Nasir served as Associate Director at AT&T’s $400 million Aspire Social Investment Fund, leading direct investments. Prior to that, he was Global Head of Education Investments and U.S. Economic Opportunity Lead at Village Capital. He began his career in the public markets at Goldman Sachs and State Street Corporation.

A Kauffman Fellow (Class of ‘26) and 2022 Venture Capital Journal Rising Star. His insights have been featured in CNBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Fortune. Beyond venture, Nasir is an avid vinyl DJ and an endurance athlete on a mission to complete 51 marathons—one in each U.S. state and DC. He holds a B.A. from Hampton University, graduating magna cum laude, and resides in Washington, D.C.