Emerging Manager CircleCo-founder
2019 — Present
Organizes a peer network and events for emerging fund managers and limited partners.
Rick Zullo cofounded and leads Equal Ventures, a seed investment firm focused on climate, insurance, retail and supply chains. He began his career advising on energy and sustainability at Deloitte and also cofounded Emerging Manager Circle, a network for fund managers and limited partners.
Rick Zullo cofounded and leads Equal Ventures, a seed investment firm focused on climate, insurance, retail and supply chains. He began his career advising on energy and sustainability at Deloitte and also cofounded Emerging Manager Circle, a network for fund managers and limited partners.
2019 — Present
Organizes a peer network and events for emerging fund managers and limited partners.
Until Present
Builds the firm’s research-led seed investment practice across four industry verticals.
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Zullo reflects on building Equal Ventures and the lessons fund managers shared about trust, differentiation, fund size and partnership.

Zullo examines how AI changes the value of investment research and why his firm is putting more weight on relationships with industry operators.
A practical framework for turning an initial customer advantage into a defensible business, with tests for unit economics and expansion.