Max Arsharvsky

CEO, Zenno

Max Arshavsky is the CEO and co-founder of space technology company Zenno. He is the inventor of the transformational technology that the company is bringing to the space sector. As the leader of Zenno, a 7-year-old New Zealand-headquartered deep-tech startup, Max has achieved a number of "firsts."

In 2022, Zenno was the first to raise $10.5M, one of the largest seed rounds in New Zealand's history. He was also the first to achieve the engineering breakthrough that led to Zenno securing global IP for the use of superconducting magnets in space and the first to put this technology on orbit with SpaceX in December 2023.

Max runs a high-growth, high-achieving team and is enjoying the process of putting his breakthrough technology into the hands of leading aerospace companies.