Jack Taylor

Managing Director at Touchdown Ventures

New York City Metropolitan Area

VC

Invests in

Locations:

Global

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $15,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Investments
Venture Capital
Analysis
Financial Modeling
Financial Analysis
Start-ups
Due Diligence
Economics
Mobile Marketing
Mobile Devices
Business Development
Data Analysis
Sales
Market Research
Business Strategy
Mobile Applications
Capital Markets
Fixed Income

Education

Investments

Mint House

Series A

Total Funding: $83M

Vergesense

Series A

Total Funding: $9M

Kasa Living

Series A

Total Funding: $150M

Openpath Security Inc

Venture Round

Total Funding: $8M

Robin

Series B

Total Funding: $81M

Pindrop

Series D

Total Funding: $300M

Work Experience

Touchdown Ventures

2017

  • Managing Director

    2024

  • Director

    2023 - 2024

  • Principal

    2020 - 2023

    Multi-stage investor in high-growth security, enterprise software, proptech, AI/ML, and IoT companies based in North America, Europe, and Israel. Investments include Pindrop, Robin, HqO, Openpath (acquired by Motorola), VergeSense, Kasa, Mint House, Mapped (Board Visitor)

  • Senior Associate

    2017 - 2020

Robin

2023

  • Board Observer

    2023

InSITE

2015 - 2017

  • President, Philadelphia

    2015 - 2017

    The InSITE Fellowship is a highly competitive leadership development program comprised of exceptional graduate students at top universities. InSITE Fellows and alumni make up a global network of entrepreneurs and leaders in technology and venture capital. To date, InSITE companies have raised more than $500 million of disclosed funding and have enjoyed many successful exits. Past projects include: Quickframe (https://www.quickframe.com/) STRIVR Labs (http://www.strivrlabs.com/)

Personal Capital

2016 - 2016

  • MBA Intern

    2016 - 2016

    Personal Capital is a financial technology company backed by IVP and Venrock; it was acquired by Empower for $1B in 2020 I spent the summer between my 1st and 2nd year of business school focused on: • Creating a mobile marketing strategy playbook by leveraging product features, market analysis, and internal benchmarks. • Developing a business case for 3 new consumer financial product verticals, identifying TAM, financial and non-financial benefits, regulatory concerns, and cross-sell partners.

Laconia Capital Group

2015 - 2015

  • Investment Professional

    2015 - 2015

    Laconia leads investments in seed stage B2B companies that make existing markets and workflows more efficient • Collaborated with Managing Directors on all due diligence aspects, including sourcing, business plan reviews, industry research, and financial modeling to conduct sensitivity analyses on late seed-stage and Series A investment opportunities. • Closed $2M seed investment in AutoFi, a digital provider of point-of-sale financing for the auto industry

New York Angels

2014 - 2015

  • Future Angel

    2014 - 2015

    Consortium of 100+ individual accredited angel investors focused on investing in early-stage companies. The leading seed investment organization in NYC having invested over $95 million in entrepreneurial ventures.

Virgil Capital

2013 - 2015

  • Investor

    2013 - 2015

    Virgil Capital is an angel investment and advisory firm focusing on seed and early stage investments in the greater New York City area

RBS International

2010 - 2013

  • Short-Term Markets Analyst

    2010 - 2013

    • Received top-tier ranking in analyst class each year; promoted to 3rd-year analyst • Co-managed account base comprising institutional investors, hedge funds, and government-sponsored entities. Strategized with clients to achieve benchmark and execution objectives in various short-term debt products, with balances up to $10B