RON ZALKIND

Ron Zalkind is a Founding Partner at the venture studio FXP and an Investor at 2048 Ventures, based in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. Previously, he served as the Chief Technology Officer of Cisco Cloud Security following Cisco's acquisition of CloudLock, where he was a Co-Founder and CTO. He also co-founded Aprigo and served as Co-CEO of Jit.io, a cybersecurity firm where he currently remains a founding investor and board member alongside his board position at Slim.AI. Zalkind began his technical career completing software programmer training at the Israel Defense Forces' Mamram unit and earned a BA in Computer Science from The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo. He currently focuses on early-stage investments across vertical AI, deep tech, and cybersecurity, supporting a 2048 Ventures portfolio that encompasses over 50 companies and exceeds $1 billion in total valuation.