Zebediah Rice built his career across Australia, New Zealand, China, and the US—starting at News Corp in the 1990s, then scaling the Angeleno Group past $500 million before backing founders on both sides of the Pacific—while also serving on the board of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs, founded by his grandfather, former California governor Pat Brown, and working on finance committees for Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and Jerry Brown's 2010 campaign; outside of work, he's known for interests in medieval mystical poetry, astronomy, and meditation. He has also staked out specific, public positions in venture, including a belief that Web3 gaming will drive mainstream crypto adoption, a decision to hold back capital in early 2022 when he judged the market had peaked, and a warning that Australia has only about two years to build globally competitive AI companies before overseas players lock in the advantage.