As an entrepreneur-turned-VC, Jay brings over 10 years of startup and venture capital experience. At Walden Venture Capital, Jay is particularly passionate about partnering with first-time founders in Frontier Technology (Blockchain/ Crypto, VR/AR, AI/ML), Consumer (E-commerce, Gaming, Digital Community), and Efficiency Enterprise (Cloud /SaaS, Smart Devices). Jay also served on the board of Conductor Technologies, SquareTwo, Guru, Bespoke Post, etc.
Prior to joining WaldenVC, Jay was a Principal at Granite Ventures, where he partnered with billion-dollar companies such as Anaplan, Hirevue, Smule, Telltale Games, Motiv and KindlyCare. Prior to joining Granite, Jay was a Founding Partner at Health Nest, a seed fund accelerator that focuses on supporting consumer mobile startups. Jay co-founded the program and led the first batch of investments. Jay began his career as the founder & CEO of Pureland, a cross-border e-commerce startup that aimed to deliver high-quality tea through a socially-conscious model.
Jay is an active mentor at 500 Startups, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and a startup judge at Plug and Play He also founded "Founders & VCs", a community of 2500+ active founders and venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, to generate and promote entrepreneurship contents for the startup community.
Prior to joining WaldenVC, Jay was a Principal at Granite Ventures, where he partnered with billion-dollar companies such as Anaplan, Hirevue, Smule, Telltale Games, Motiv and KindlyCare. Prior to joining Granite, Jay was a Founding Partner at Health Nest, a seed fund accelerator that focuses on supporting consumer mobile startups. Jay co-founded the program and led the first batch of investments. Jay began his career as the founder & CEO of Pureland, a cross-border e-commerce startup that aimed to deliver high-quality tea through a socially-conscious model.
Jay is an active mentor at 500 Startups, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and a startup judge at Plug and Play He also founded "Founders & VCs", a community of 2500+ active founders and venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, to generate and promote entrepreneurship contents for the startup community.