Jesse is recovering founder and operator turned venture investor. Jesse used to run technology at LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) before he founded a startup, raised capital and exited. After that he was on the founding team at WeWork (NYSE: WE), from 2010-2016, where he founded WeWork Labs and ran everything from IT and digital product to sales and corporate development during his tenure. Since becoming and investor he has backed over 50 pre-seed and seed stage companies including Chief, Dongnae, JackPocket, Splice, and Squire.
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New York City, New York
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Rounds their fund invests in
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Rounds their fund leads
Pre-Seed
Seed
Sectors their fund invests in
Generalist
Enterprise
AI / Devtools
Logistics
Proptech
Cybersecurity
Future of Work
Geographies their fund invests in
USA
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Funds they're a part of
Flybridge
About the Fund
VC firm backing ambitious founders leveraging the power of community. They believe that the first step is capital but beyond that, they leverage their own community to assist founders on every step of their journey, especially at the earliest stage. Flybridge is currently investing out of their two recently raised fund, totaling $150M.
Flybridge has a straightforward and honest due diligence process that starts with a Phone/Zoom Convo With A Member of Our Investment Team, followed by Follow-ups with individual team members leading the opportunity and potentially 1-2 other investment team members, Due Diligence, Invitation to team meeting if it’s a good fit,Team discussion (internal), Pass/Offer, and then anInvestment
They are committed to making daily, weekly, and monthly checkins focused on recruiting, product, fundraising, and leadership w/ founders they back.
Flybridge has a straightforward and honest due diligence process that starts with a Phone/Zoom Convo With A Member of Our Investment Team, followed by Follow-ups with individual team members leading the opportunity and potentially 1-2 other investment team members, Due Diligence, Invitation to team meeting if it’s a good fit,Team discussion (internal), Pass/Offer, and then anInvestment
They are committed to making daily, weekly, and monthly checkins focused on recruiting, product, fundraising, and leadership w/ founders they back.
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Their Colleagues
Chip Hazard
Co-Founder & Investment Partner, (XFactor Ventures); General Partner (Flybridge)
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