PhD Candidate, Cambridge University Sustainable Aviation Fuels

Zuzanna is a researcher turned founder turned deep-tech venture capitalist committed to advancing sustainable technologies.

Zuzanna graduated from University College London with a major in Physics and a minor in Physical Chemistry. Her early research focused on developing non-invasive cholesterol sensors and non-enzymatic glucose sensors.Transitioning from academia to entrepreneurship, she worked at a sanitation start-up and advised climate-tech ventures before joining a London-based deep-tech VC firm specializing in hardware investments.

She co-founded upLYFT—innovative clothing designed to restore mobility to those who have lost it (Winner of Mayor's Entrepreneur Competition 2023, Winner of Inclusive Innovation 2023). She then became part of the investment team at Energy Revolution Ventures and went on to do business development at one of their portfolio companies, Oort Energy.

Currently, Zuzanna is pursuing a PhD in Sustainable Aviation Fuels at King's College, University of Cambridge and building Proximo Ventures. Proximo Ventures supports the best university-born innovation by bringing it to global capital markets faster and helps students break into venture capital.