Investing Profile

Karl Jacob(250)

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Active CEO/Founder and Angel Investor
Los Angeles, California
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49 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 46 other investors on Signal.

Networks Karl is a member of
Microsoft Network
152 CONNECTIONS
Facebook Network
120 CONNECTIONS
University of Southern California Network
101 CONNECTIONS
Apple Network
60 CONNECTIONS
Sun Microsystems Network
24 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Managing Partner
Investment Range
$25K - $250K
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
30

Karl Jacob is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Karl Jacob's Investments On Record (29)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Boomerang
SeedApr 2022$3M
$4M
Co-investors: Eric Lefkofsky (Lightbank), Ariel Lambrecht, Abe Burns
June
Series AMar 2016$23M
$23M
Co-investors: Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Lior Susan (Eclipse Ventures), Carter Reum (M13), Zain Gulamali (Amazon Alexa Fund), Ron Rofe (Rainfall Ventures), Tom Williams
Boost Media
Series CNov 2014$19M
$31M
Co-investors: Brian O'Malley (Forerunner Ventures), Roger Lee (Battery Ventures), David Frankel (Founder Collective), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Jed Katz (Javelin Venture Partners)
Boostable
SeedApr 2014$620K
$3.6M
Co-investors: Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital), Rodrigo Sepulveda (Expon Capital), Linda Rottenberg (Endeavor Catalyst), Eric Lefkofsky (Lightbank), Ramanan Raghavendran (AMASIA), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Tak Miyata (Scrum Ventures), David Marcus, Anthony Saleh
Tessel Project
SeedNov 2013$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Drew Volpe (First Star Ventures)
Distill
SeedSep 2013$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Garrett Camp (Expa), Steve Schlenker (DN Capital), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Chung-Man Tam, James Kelm
HeartThis
SeedAug 2013$2M
$2M
Co-investors: David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Tom Moss
Brit + Co
Series AJun 2013$6M
$42M
Co-investors: Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Tina Sharkey (Sherpa Ventures), Kevin Colleran (Slow Ventures), Lisa Lambert (National Grid Partners), Gary Vaynerchuk (Vayner RSE), Julia Popowitz (Broadway Angels), Marissa Mayer, Shervin Pishevar

most interested in

quantum, space

not interested in

events

Karl Jacob's Experience

CEO and co-founder Loansnap2017 - 2024
CEO and Founder Hangtime Inc.2011 - 2015
Executive Chairman and Founder Coveroo2011 - 2015
CEO and Founder Coveroo2008 - 2011
CEO and Founder Wallop2005 - 2008
Advisor Facebook2005 - 2007
CEO Cloudmark2002 - 2005
CEO Ingenio1999 - 2002
CEO Keen1999 - 2002
Entrepreneur in Residence Benchmark Capital1999 - 1999
General Manager Microsoft1997 - 1999
CEO and Founder Dimension X1995 - 1997
Manager Sun Microsystems1991 - 1993
Summer Internship Apple1990 - 1990

Karl Jacob's Education

University of Southern California Bachelor of Scniences