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Kevin Zhang’s VC Firm Seeks Startups in Gaming, Healthcare
By James Moreau | 13 Apr, 2026

With over $2 billion under management, Upfront Ventures channels capital into the high-growth sectors of healthcare technology and interactive media.

Kevin Zhang is a General Partner of Upfront Ventures, a Los Angeles-based VC firm with over $2B in assets under management.

He brings a structured approach to early-stage investing, managing substantial capital deployments across the firm’s funds, primarily focusing on healthcare technology and interactive media.

Zhang has spearheaded several notable deals in the gaming and developer tool sectors. In 2023 Upfront invested $7.6M into the serverless multiplayer game hosting platform Hathora.  The following year Zhang led a nearly $10 million combined investment in GlassFlow, a streaming infrastructure for python developers, and the AI-infused dev environment platform Daytona.

Before his tenure at Upfront Ventures, Zhang got his start in 2009 at the healthcare software firm Verisk Health as a business analyst for two years and then moved on to The Boston Consulting Group as an associate providing strategic insights for clients in technology, healthcare and industrial fields.

Zhang graduated from Harvard with a bachelor’s in biology.