Jake Jolis

Zeno Ventures

About

Role

General Partner

Type

Seed fund

Bio

I spend most of my time helping early stage founders reach their next milestone. I focus on pre-seed/seed. I find founder psychology to be the single biggest factor in whether a company achieves greatness or taps out pre-maturely. Previously founder/CEO of Verbling (acquired by Busuu -> Chegg).

About Investments

Jake invests in most industries outside of e-commerce and gaming.

Investments

Stages

Pre-seed, Seed

Check Range

$500-$2M

Geography

US/Canada

Leads Rounds

Sometimes

Industries

AI/ML, API, Analytics, Automation, Consumer, Deep Tech/Hard Science, Developer Tools, Education, Enterprise, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Internet and Mobile, IoT, Marketplace, Productivity, Proptech/Real Estate, Social

Investment Highlights

Applied Intuition, Steadily, Salient

Get in touch

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Disclaimers and footnotes

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC. Deposit insurance covers the failure of an insured bank.