This sounds very much like the Major Grants committee of ZIP 1014.
With the important disambiguation that these are not “investments” meant to turn up profit for investors, but rather resources allocated to achieve the ecosystem’s broad goals and values. For example, improving Zcash’s privacy tech, or strengthening decentralization by creating an independent node implementation, may not have capturable monetary value. Such public goods may be terrible “investments” in the sense of making money. And yet, they would be high on the priority list. Zcash Foundation’s mission and values statements are good inspiration here.
Most of the ZCash Angels will be people who already lead cutting edge blockchain companies and crypto investment firms
ZIP 1014, and ZF’s proposed amendments thereto, call for election of the Major Grants committee by the community. I indeed hope to see candidates who have pertinent market and tech background, and in particular the ability to judge and guide successful execution!