Jackson Gates
Investor at Manresa Ventures
San Francisco, California
Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$750,000.00Max Investment:
$3,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- SU
- GU
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Investments
Work Experience
2019
Managing General Partner
2019
2016 - 2019
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Development
2016 - 2019
2013 - 2016
CEO, Co-Founder
2013 - 2016
Acquired by Affirm Inc. in April 2016
2012 - 2013
Vice President, Business Development
2012 - 2013
2008 - 2012
Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Development
2008 - 2012
Responsible for new business development, corporate development, partner marketing, strategy and analytics at Pandora. Led evaluation of new international markets, new revenue streams and next-gen content strategy.
2008 - 2008
Entrepreneur in Residence
2008 - 2008
EIR and Venture Founder of AskMeGo, a network to connect consumers with experts via live-chat.
2002 - 2005
Associate
2002 - 2005
Sourced, completed and managed venture capital investments on behalf of Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen. Focused on communications infrastructure, enterprise software, digital media and consumer internet.
2000 - 2002
Analyst
2000 - 2002
Evaluated and completed mid-stage venture and growth capital investments in telecom equipment, enterprise software and enterprise computing.
1997 - 1999
Summer Intern (1997, 1998, 1999)
1997 - 1999
Completed three summer internships in server systems, product marketing and corporate development.