Analyst · Principal
Miles Zander
Founder of Directional Holdings. Concentrated solo investor whose early thesis on AI and AI-adjacent positioning became the foundation of the firm. Sets portfolio direction and runs investment process.
Team
The people behind the strategy.
Operators
Analyst · CFO
Nathan Seaworth
Director of Asset Management at LV Collective. Senior financial analyst at Amazon Web Services. Revenue accounting at Rackspace. Four years at EY. McCombs MBA, plus an MPA and undergraduate degree from UT Austin.
Analyst · Technical / Biomedical
Austin Van Der Werff
Thirteen years scaling complex manufacturing and electro-mechanical systems. Semiconductor field-service at ASM. Industrial-data engineering at Berkeley Lights, Zymergen, and Ginkgo Bioworks. M.S. Biomedical Engineering, ASU.
Advisory Board
Three advisors support the firm. Two hold advanced electrical-engineering degrees and work in semiconductor research and design. One is a transaction-advisory partner focused on software due diligence. Names available on request.