Stockholm, Stockholm County
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(1998 - 2002)
Total Funding: $16M
Total Funding: $28M
Total Funding: $12M
Total Funding: $20M
Total Funding: $17M
Total Funding: $63M
Total Funding: $50M
Total Funding: $520M
Total Funding: $140M
Total Funding: $190M
2020
2020
Giant backs purpose-driven founders solving the world’s biggest challenges: from climate, to health, to inclusive capitalism. Led by former founders, Giant invests in companies that matter at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series B in Europe and the US.
2019
2019
Angel investor in multiple unicorns, and over 50 companies including: AvantStay, Leya, Marine Layer, Mercury, Premier, Remote, Rewind, The Bot Company, Varda Space, Verifiable, WeFunder and more.
2021 - 2023
2021 - 2023
Launched the first Season of Seed Stories, a dedicated video podcast that interviewed startup founders on the heels of raising the first round of venture capital. Became the top rated Seed-stage podcast, with hundreds of thousands of views and listens on Spotify, Youtube, and Apple Podcasts.
2021 - 2021
2021 - 2021
Assisted with transition of Starcity assets.
2015 - 2021
2015 - 2021
Officially founded May of 2016, Starcity became one of the largest global developers and operators of coliving. The company was featured in the WSJ, NY Times, and Citylab, and raised over $50M of venture capital from a great stable of existing investors including Bullpen Capital, NEA, Social Capital, Urban Us, Y Combinator and notable angel investors Immad Akhund, Paul Buchheit, Othman Laraki, Trip Adler and David Rusenko.
2014 - 2016
2014 - 2016
In 2014, Jon produced a movie with his friend Colin Thompson called It's Us staring Eliza Coupe, Jay Hayden and David Walton. It was released January 5th, 2016, was an Official Selection at the Sun Valley Film Festival and was sold to Hulu. Short Synopsis: A young married couple moves from Los Angeles to Vermont in search of a geographical marriage fix. Available on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/its-us/id1062494514), Hulu (https://www.hulu.com/watch/1016310) and On Demand (Xfinity / Time Warner).
2014 - 2015
2014 - 2015
Provided workplace solutions and consulting for some of the most prominent startups to come out of San Francisco including Cruise, Keynote Software, Mixpanel, Optimizely, Quip, Rescale, Scribd, Weebly, Y Combinator, and Zenefits.
2006 - 2014
2007 - 2014
Transitioned from Research Specialist to Consultant. Advised institutional clients such as UBS, Metlife, INVESCO, and Fortress and real estate strategy. Transitioned to a leadership role and developed C&W's Technology Advisory practice. Became fastest to rise to Top 100 production in the firm's history.
2006 - 2007
Hired after a successful internship in 2004. Co-developed an internal global real estate data tool known as Site Solutions, a competitor to Costar.
2004 - 2004
2004 - 2004
Joined the San Francisco office as a summer intern. Developed multiple deliverables including: - Citywide parking survey - Database refactor of property information - Presentation on technology trends