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Zebra Embassy

Zebra Embassy is a venture capital or investment firm managing a portfolio of companies, tracking investor relationships, and coordinating deal workflows. Metawork built a HubSpot-based system to centralize project (portfolio company) tracking, VC relationship management, and team collaboration workflows.

Duration 8 months
Tasks 51
Meetings 17
Looms 24
Scenarios 12

Recently touched

  • 2026-05-07 Database Hubspot connection Done
  • 2026-05-02 Update of PostgreSQL scenario Done
  • 2026-05-02 Postgres / Live test Done
  • 2026-04-30 Feedback Hubspot <> Make.com automations Open
  • 2026-04-21 Pierre Ostrowski / Nikolai Sokolov - Work Session Done

What we built

36hours
51tasks
12Make scenarios
8 monthsduration
  1. 01

    Project (Portfolio Company) Management

    HubSpot Projects object for tracking portfolio companies with key properties (name, stage, team, progress). Multi-view dashboards to slice by segment, status, and view type. Reports on team workload across projects.

  2. 02

    Investor/VC Tracking

    Database of VCs and investor relationships with segment tracking, viewing rights, and portfolio overlap. Historical tracking of investor interest and engagement.

  3. 03

    Task & Activity Automation

    Automated task creation based on project lifecycle events. Manual action triggers for team members to create reminders and follow-up tasks. Task automation tied to project stages and milestone dates.

  4. 04

    Email-to-Project Linking

    Automation connecting emails to projects (complex in HubSpot due to lack of native support). Label-to-property workaround for categorizing emails. Email threading so conversations stay attached to project context.

  5. 05

    Database Integration

    Make.com scenarios pulling data from PostgreSQL/MySQL databases into HubSpot for real-time portfolio updates. Custom field mappings between database schema and HubSpot properties. Scheduled syncs to keep data fresh.

  6. 06

    Team Collaboration

    Workload tracking for team members across projects. Segment-based reporting to see portfolio breakdown by focus area. Weekly status links and team communication tools.

  7. 07

    Data Migration

    Historical migration from Attio (previous CRM) to HubSpot with property mapping and data cleanup.

Projects

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    Complete CRM setup and team workflow implementation for a venture capital firm managing portfolio companies, investor relationships, and deal pipelines.

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