JF

Jared Franklin

Product, Strategy, Ops | ex PayPal, Blispay, BillMeLater

Boca Raton, Florida

VC
Investor
Product Operator

Invests in

Locations:

Florida

  • Min Investment:

    $200,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $3,500,000.00

Skills

Start-up Consulting
Payments
Payment Systems
Product Launch
Team Leadership
Early-Stage Startups
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Consumer Lending
Credit Cards
Project Management
Business Strategy
Venture Capital
Product Operations
Due Diligence
FinTech
Fundraising
startups
Axure
Product Management

Education

Work Experience

Various Startups

2021

  • Consultant, Investor, Advisor

    2021

    Part-time Venture Partner at The Fintech Fund and mentor in programs like Techstars Miami and Lenny's PMs. Reach out if your company could use an extra set of productive hands or if your fintech startup is fundraising. Angel investor in a few companies directly or through syndicates like Lizit, Avenify, Mainstreet, Merit, DFNS, USBTC, and others.

Costanoa Ventures

2022 - 2024

  • Vice President

    2022 - 2024

BlockFi

2021 - 2022

  • Product Management

    2021 - 2022

Alliance Data

2019 - 2021

  • Manager, Products & Capabilities

    2019 - 2021

    ADS acquired Blispay.

Blispay

2015 - 2019

  • Product Director

    2015 - 2019

    Helped start the company from scratch. I was the ‘do-a-little-bit-of-everything startup person’ on the founding team with a heavy emphasis on product.

PayPal

2013 - 2015

  • Senior Product Manager, Global Credit Products

    2013 - 2015

Millennial Media

2011 - 2013

  • Product Manager

    2011 - 2013

PayPal

2009 - 2011

  • Associate Product Manager

    2009 - 2011

Bill Me Later, Inc.

2007 - 2009

  • Product Manager, Consumer Marketing

    2007 - 2009