JG

Jake Gibson

Founding Partner @ Better Tomorrow Ventures, Paying It Forward

San Mateo, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

IPO
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Big Data
Rates
Derivatives
Trading
Start-ups
Hedge Funds
Business Strategy
Strategic Partnerships

Work Experience

Better Tomorrow Ventures

2019

  • Founding Partner

    2019

    BTV is an early stage venture fund focused on building the future of fintech.

500 Fintech

2016 - 2019

  • Investor

    2016 - 2019

    Mentor and investor at the best accelerator for early stage fintech companies

Solo

2013 - 2019

  • Angel Investor

    2013 - 2019

    angel.co/jacob-gibson

GiveWell

2015 - 2017

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2017

2010 - 2014

  • COO, Co-founder

    2010 - 2014

    NerdWallet is (always) hiring! See our openings here - http://grnh.se/lhixt2

2004 - 2010

  • Vice President, North American Interest Rate Trading

    2008 - 2010

    - Priced trades for hedge fund clients while co-managing a market making portfolio of USD interest rate swaps - Oversaw the development of various front office trading technologies, including tools for intraday risk management, quantitative trade analysis, and automated trading - Lead the expansion of the algorithmic trading business, taking a black box model and growing it into a platform generating tens of millions of dollars

  • Associate, Interest Rate Proprietary Trading

    2004 - 2008

    - Oversaw risk and executed trades across USD interest rate markets, including swaps and swaptions, treasuries and agencies, and Eurodollar and treasury futures - Worked with Research to design and configure quantitative derivative pricing models, such as a stochastic vol model, for rapid intraday trade analysis - Lead a team of software developers in designing and troubleshooting an automated electronic trading platform for use across multiple asset classes