Gabriella Zielke

I'm back in the Mission Commander's seat, taking a page or three from my first novel (the good ones) into the world of mixed reality...in SPACE! Join us as we reinvent storytelling and go Back to Space.

Once upon a time, I was a venture capitalist who founded one of the world’s first tech accelerators where I was fortunate to mentor and fund hundreds of founders whose ideas previously only existed as science fiction. Fast Company named me one of its Most Creative People, among other accolades from my business career. I earned a Master's in Creative Writing & Literature at Harvard University Extension while living on St. Croix with my husband and silly Great Dane. Now we live in a few different places and I've taken on the role as CEO of Back to Space and Co-Creator of The Lunar Light. When I'm not writing, you can find me dancing with fire or creating alternate worlds in virtual reality.

While nursing my odd dream of writing novels (I have an MBA for crying out loud), I raised seven early stage tech funds and built the first startup accelerator in the south. I named it Tech Wildcatters. It is Dallas after all (IYKYK). Since investing in over 150 startups, spinning out a healthcare accelerator, and managing over 100 investors, not much scares me anymore. I'm down to making a handful of new startup investments per year as an angel investor.