JB

Jackson Bubala

Principal at Motivate Venture Capital

Chicago, Illinois

VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $750,000.00

Skills

Project Management
Due Diligence
Market Research
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Public Speaking
Customer Service
Pitchbook
Airtable
Aha!

Education

Work Experience

Motivate Venture Capital

2021

  • Principal

    2023

  • Senior Associate

    2021 - 2023

    Motivate Ventures is an early-stage fund focused on pre-seed and seed investments in fintech, b2b SaaS, b2b marketplaces, and industrials / manufacturing. I've worked on the following investments: Banyan (Pre-Seed) Phood (Pre-Seed) Stacked (Seed) Aucto (Seed) HelixIntel (Pre-Seed) Zoya Finance (Pre-Seed) Valiot (Seed) Abstract (Pre-Seed) Payall (Seed) CryptoFi (Pre-Seed) CoreChain (Seed) SureBright (Pre-Seed) Gig & Take (Pre-Seed) Fin3 (Pre-Seed) JawntPass (Seed)

Digital Intent

2017 - 2020

  • Associate

    2019 - 2020

  • Analyst

    2017 - 2019

Founder Equity

2017 - 2020

  • Associate

    2019 - 2020

  • Analyst

    2017 - 2019

Founder Equity / Digital Intent

2016 - 2017

  • Analyst Internship

    2016 - 2017

Chicago Cubs

2015 - 2015

  • Wrigley Rooftops Hospitality Team

    2015 - 2015

Nike

2014 - 2014

  • Student Athlete Representative

    2014 - 2014