Jason has over two decades of experience spanning operations, technology, venture capital, and private equity. Jason is the founder of Consumer Ventures™, a venture capital firm focused on investing in and building emerging consumer brands and companies. Before Consumer Ventures™, Jason was the fund manager at CircleUp in San Francisco, through which he invested in dozens of consumer ventures. Prior to CircleUp, Jason spent over eight years at Winona Capital Management, a consumer-focused private equity firm in Chicago with over $300 million under management. Before Winona, Jason worked at venture capital firm Opus Capital in Silicon Valley and was a founder or early employee at several high-tech start-ups in Denver including BoldTech Systems, a “Deloitte Tech Fast 50” and “Inc. 500” company that was acquired by Perficient (NASDAQ PRFT). Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures, Jason spent over five years at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) where he was a project manager and software engineer.
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Chicago, Illinois
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$500K - $1M
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Series A
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CPG / D2C
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USA
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Consumer Ventures
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Consumer Ventures™ (formerly CompanyFirst) is a venture capital firm based in Chicago that invests in and helps build the next generation of great consumer brands, products, retailers, and technologies enabling the consumer experience.
They focus on US-based companies with $500k to $10 million in revenue. Consu focus on industries where building a consumer brand is central to the strategy, for example:
Food & Beverage
Health, Wellness, & Personal Care
Outdoor, Sporting Goods, and Apparel
Products for Family, Kids, and Pets
Tech Enablement of the Shopping Experience
They focus on US-based companies with $500k to $10 million in revenue. Consu focus on industries where building a consumer brand is central to the strategy, for example:
Food & Beverage
Health, Wellness, & Personal Care
Outdoor, Sporting Goods, and Apparel
Products for Family, Kids, and Pets
Tech Enablement of the Shopping Experience
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