Pete Solvik is the first dual-degree graduate in business and computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and served as Cisco's first CIO, where he led over 100 acquisitions and IT programs that cut roughly $1.5 billion in costs. As an early backer of DocuSign, his fund's $17.5M stake was worth about $687M at IPO, and he's known among other investors as a formative mentor who has guided careers across operating, founding, and investing roles.
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Jackson Square Ventures
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Jackson Square Ventures positions itself as anti-hype, prioritizing solid fundamentals and real engagement over chasing trends, while maintaining a concentrated portfolio of Series A software and marketplace investments led by partners who are all former founders or senior tech operators. The firm runs the JSV Book Club as a standing program for 250+ founders and ecosystem partners, and has demonstrated deep follow-through with breakout companies like DocuSign and Upwork, repeatedly backing them across multiple rounds to build standalone-at-scale category leaders.
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