Pete Soderling

This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.

Zero Prime is pre-seed/seed fund that writes first checks for day 0 engineer-founders. We invest in early stage companies with a clear technical differentiation in data infrastructure, AI & ML platforms, devtools, security, cloud & blockchain infrastructure. Built next to the Data Council conference series, we embody a network-based approach to venture that harnesses the power of a one-of-a-kind global community of deeply technical professionals.

Data Council is the "No BS" data conference. Since 2013 weve been bringing together the brightest minds in data to share insider industry knowledge, technical architectures and best practices on building the cutting edge data processing systems and tools of the future. We are deeply technical, vendor neutral & community-driven, and we exhibit our values each year during our flagship global event in Austin, TX. Across 3 days, join top data scientists, lead engineers, CTOs, founders, AI researchers, Heads of Data, executives, investors and community organizers who are all coming together IRL to share valuable insights as they build the future of data together. We also operate Zero Prime Ventures - a first check VC fund for Day 0 engineer-founders.

This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.

500 Global is a venture capital firm with over $2.7B in Assets Under Management that invests early in founders building fast-growing technology companies. We focus on markets where technology, innovation, and capital can unlock long-term value and drive economic growth. 500 Global has backed over 5,000 founders representing more than 2,600 companies operating in 80 countries. Our portfolio includes 51 companies valued at over $1 billion and 140 companies valued at over $100 million. Our 140+ plus team members are located in more than 15 countries and bring experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators from some of the world’s leading technology companies.

Hakka Labs connects software engineers and data scientists around common challenges using open source data technologies. Our content, training programs and events are designed to give engineers the knowledge and insights to build scalable, analytical systems to handle ever-increasing amounts of data.