Jason Pressman got his start as the fourth employee at Walmart.com, helping build it into a major e-commerce platform, and has since invested across both consumer internet and enterprise software companies like Nextdoor, Zuora, Lattice, Smule, Nest, and Dollar Shave Club. He's known for making early, confident calls—like predicting esports would rival major traditional sports—and for following a distinct approach called temporal diversification, where firms keep investing steadily instead of reacting to market swings, while also taking on serious board roles such as Lead Independent Director at Zuora.
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SaaS, Enterprise, AI, Fintech, Consumer
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Seed - Series A
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$2M–$4M
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AZ-VC started as a fund built specifically for Arizona startups and has since grown into a broader fund that backs early-stage companies in underserved markets across North America, outside Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston. It's led by Jason Pressman, a longtime partner at Shasta Ventures, and Jack Selby, a former PayPal executive and Managing Director at Thiel Capital, and it focuses on AI software used in overlooked industries like nuclear utilities, aviation maintenance, small business bookkeeping, and multifamily leasing.
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