Jonathan is a general partner of BlueRun Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, based in Menlo Park, California with over $1B in assets. Over his 20 years at the firm he has led investments in Coupa Software (NASD: COUP), Kabbage (American Express), Enpocket (Nokia), as well as Jackpocket, Paystand, FreeAgent, and numerous other early stage companies.
Jonathan also has 15 years of marketing and finance experience in the telecommunications industry. Jonathan was the Vice President of Marketing for Qwest Communications, and held other senior level positions at Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions and MCI Communications. In addition, Jonathan founded and successfully exited Simply Savings, Inc., an early internet shopping service.
He received his M.B.A. from Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, and holds a B.S. in Finance from Virginia Tech.
Jonathan current and former board and advisory positions include:
Vice-Chairman of the Batten Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Virginia’s Darden School
Investment Committee Member on University of Virginia Seed Fund
Board Member at the Apex Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Virginia Tech
Jonathan was named a “Mobile Cloud 9″ Investor in 2010 and 2012, and has guest-lectured at Haas School of Business, University of California and the Pamplin School of Business, Virginia Tech as well as mentoring Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Courses E145 & E245. He lives in Woodside, California with his wife and family.
LOCATION
San Mateo, CA
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PayStand
FreeAgent
BlueCart
Jackpocket
Haus
Loyal
Enduring Companies
Gennev
Visor
Tiny
Kabbage (AMEX)
Coupa (NASDAQ: COUP)
Enpocket (NOK)
FreedomPay (Select Exit 2019)
Motally (NOK)
Lightningcast (AOL)