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Stephan Cizmar

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

Partner, Blackhorn Ventures (+1 more)

Firm
Blackhorn Ventures, Lorimer Ventures
Title
Partner
Role
Partner
Location
Brooklyn
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Record updated 17 September 2026

About

Stephan is a serial entrepreneur and operator with experience scaling B2B software companies from zero to IPO. Prior to co-founding Lorimer Ventures, Stephan co-founded and scaled Lang.ai, a no-code ML company for customer support, through it’s Series A. Before Lang.ai, Stephan was Vice President of Product Strategy at Unqork as well as the Head of Corporate Strategy at Yext, a company that he helped take public (NYSE: YEXT). In addition to being a General Partner at Lorimer, Stephan is an adjunct Operating Partner with Blackhorn Ventures, a multi-stage Industry 4.0 firm. Stephan holds dual degrees in Economics and Science, Technology, and Society from Colby College and lives in Brooklyn.

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Stephan holds dual degrees in Economics and Science, Technology, and Society from Colby CollegeSource (opens in a new tab)

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