Jake Jolis
Exploring new areas. Former founder & vc. Occasional startup helper
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$10,000,000.00Target Investment:
$2,000,000.00
Skills
Education
- YC
- SU
Lists including Jake
Investments
Basedash
Total Funding: $4M
Dray Alliance
Total Funding: $35M
Steadily
Total Funding: $60M
Emerge Tools
Total Funding: $2M
Educative
Total Funding: $12M
Keeper
Total Funding: $16M
Applied Intuition
Total Funding: $900M
Smartcat
Total Funding: $27M
Sieve
Total Funding: $4M
Fini
Total Funding:
Work Experience
2024
Founder
2024
2017 - 2024
Partner
2017 - 2024
I invest in technology founders at the earliest possible time in their project's life. We always lead. 65+ of our companies have gone onto IPO.
2017 - 2017
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
2017 - 2017
New seed fund started by one of Verbling's investors. I led our investment in Applied Intuition (first round). Applied Intuition is currently valued at $6 billion.
2011 - 2017
CEO
2013 - 2017
Acquired by Busuu in 2020, so after my time. In 2021, $CHGG acquired Busuu (including Verbling) for $436m all-cash We built a video chat-based product in 2011, before they came into fashion. Product used by millions of consumers + created jobs for over 10,000 teachers. Raised $4.4M in venture capital from investors including Y Combinator, Sam Altman, and SV Angel. This was enough to become profitable. Still available today, 13 years later and counting, for 60 languages across iOS, Android, and web.
Cofounder
2011 - 2017