About
Jacob is a 20-year career startup entrepreneur and venture capital investor based in San Francisco. He is a Managing Director at Shasta Ventures, a 20-year old Silicon Valley VC firm with over $1.3B AUM. He is also a Venture Partner with Village Global and Canonical Crypto, an early stage blockchain/crypto investment firm focused on web3 + decentralized AI. He bought his first Bitcoin in 2013, and wish he bought more then. Prior, he was a multi-time startup founder, and led the early Microsoft BizSpark program, a precursor to Microsoft Ventures M12. He is an active angel investor, startup advisor and sits on the Boards of Directors of Threekit, GoFormz and Deep Sentinel, and a Board Observer at Skilljar. He is a co-founder of SomosVC, an early career enablement program for people of latina/o background to advance their career in venture capital. He is a Kauffman Fellow, Gates Millennium Scholar and holds a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University.
Experience
Venture Partner
Village Global · San Francisco Bay Area
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Village Global is a network-native VC firm with ~$500 million AUM, chaired by Reid Hoffman and backed by industry luminaries like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg. We lead pre-seed and seed rounds across all categories. When you join Village, capital is just the beginning. We help you go faster with an incredible founder community, expert advice, and game-changing introductions. Come build with the best network in tech.
Founder
GPGPT · San Francisco Bay Area
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Building GPGPT — an AI that thinks like a GP, not a database. Designed to support how venture & private equity firms actually operate: from investment decisions and IC prep to LP communications, portfolio strategy, liquidity analysis, and firm building. Combines curated institutional knowledge, real-world frameworks, and private document analysis — with a focus on judgment, not just information.
Managing Director
Shasta Ventures · San Francisco Bay Area
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Leading investments in SaaS, Applied AI, Computer Vision, AR/VR/3D, Blockchain/Crypto
Founder
VC Mastermind · San Francisco, California, United States
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The private global network of VC Managing Partners
Venture Partner
Canonical · San Francisco Bay Area
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Early stage venture fund focused on investments in blockchain and crypto infrastructure, specifically decentralized AI.
Education
Yale University
B.A., Political Science
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