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Zack Walmer

Co-Founder & Co-CEO at sc0red

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Overview

Zack Walmer is Co-Founder & Co-CEO at sc0red[1][3], a platform that uses multiple frontier models and contact data aggregation to score and rank investment targets based on qualitative fit against investment theses[2]. Prior to founding sc0red in December 2024[3], Walmer was Co-Founder & Partner at Geigsen Group from December 2018 to July 2024[5]. Walmer's earlier career included a decade at Palladium: Strategy Consulting as Senior Manager from January 2009 to December 2018[6], along with roles in political affairs, nonprofit development, and social research[7][8][9][10]. Walmer holds a BBA in Finance from The George Washington University[11].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

Most M&A teams still originate the way they did in 2010. Buy a static database, run keyword filters, hope something useful falls out. sc0red works differently. You describe your investment thesis in plain language, the way you'd explain it to a partner, and you get back scored and ranked targets with contacts already enriched. The scoring is on qualitative fit against your actual thesis, not keyword overlap. What makes that possible is orchestration. We run several frontier models against each other and pull contact data through a waterfall of 20+ databases underneath. The approach is pate…

Career history

  1. Co-Founder & Co-CEODec 2024 to presentsc0red
  2. US GTM AdvisorApr 2026 to presentBlueJam
  3. Co-Founder & PartnerDec 2018 to Jul 2024Geigsen Group
  4. Senior ManagerJan 2009 to Dec 2018Palladium: Strategy Consulting
  5. Social Research AssociateJun 2007 to Aug 2007Calvert Group
  6. Development AssociateJan 2007 to Apr 2007National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
  7. Account ConsultantMay 2005 to Dec 2006Public Affairs Group
  8. Congressional InternJan 2005 to May 2005Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Education

  1. BBA, FinanceThe George Washington University
  2. Bachelor of Science, FinanceThe George Washington University School of Business

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