JH

Jared Heyman

Managing Partner at Rebel Fund

United States

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Customer Surveys
Employee Surveys
Market Research
Quantitative Research
Marketing Research
Consumer Insights
Prediction Markets
Healthcare
Customer Insight
Survey Design
Strategy
Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
Market Analysis
Leadership
Competitive Analysis
Marketing Strategy
Business Strategy
Product Management
Analytics

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2019

    Rebel is a seed-stage venture capital fund powered by an elite team of Y Combinator alumni along with a proprietary machine learning algorithm for statistically predicting startup success

  • Chairman

    2018

    Promoted senior leadership team to take over day-to-day operations of company. Now provides strategic advice and guidance.

  • Founder & CEO

    2012 - 2018

    CrowdMed (Y Combinator W13 / HealthBox 2016) is harnessing "the wisdom of crowds" to solve difficult medical cases online, many times less expensively and more quickly than the traditional medical system. The company is backed by top-tier Silicon Valley venture funds including NEA, Khosla Ventures, Andreessen-Horowitz, Greylock Partners, SV Angel, and Y Combinator.

1998 - 2023

  • Chairman

    2010 - 2023

    Promoted senior leadership team to take over day-to-day operations of the company. Helped negotiate a successful strategic acquisition by Savanta / Next 15 Communications (LON:NFC) in January 2023.

  • Founder & CEO

    1998 - 2010

    Online research firm specializing in prediction markets, employee, customer, and market research surveys. Founded company in college and bootstrapped Infosurv and its spin-out, the online prediction market platform Intengo, to tens of millions in aggregate revenue before exiting operationally. Hired dozens of talented employees.

2017 - 2019

  • Co-Founder & General Partner

    2017 - 2019

    Pioneer Fund is a seed-stage venture fund pooling capital and expertise from 200+ Y Combinator alumni to invest in YC startups, leveraging the unique knowledge and networks of the YC alumni community. Raised approximately 90% of the fund's fee-bearing capital and served as General Partner through its first 40 investments before spinning out Rebel Fund.

2000 - 2001

  • Associate Consultant

    2000 - 2001