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Jack Statza

Partner at Alumni Ventures | AI / Web3 / Fintech

Greater Chicago Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Partner: AI First Fund

    2022

    Founding Principal for Alumni Ventures’ first actively managed, in-house AI fund. Launched and scaled from inception, leading sourcing, diligence, and portfolio construction. Select AI Investments: • Lambda Labs (Series C) • Patlytics (Seed) • Ceramic AI (Seed) • Space and Time (Series A) • Sahara AI (Seed) • Spice AI (Seed) • 0g Labs (Seed) • Theoriq (Seed) • Hyperbolic (Seed) • PIN AI (Seed) • Roofer.com (Seed) • Corgi Insurance (Series A) • Toma (Seed)

  • Partner: Blockchain & Fintech Fund

    2021

    Founding Principal and first hire for Alumni Ventures’ first in-house dedicated Blockchain fund. Launched and scaled from inception, driving sourcing, diligence, and portfolio strategy. Select Blockchain Investments: • Circle (Growth) - IPO'd NYSE: CRCL • Kraken (Growth) • 0g Labs (Seed) • Babylon Chain (Seed) – $BABY • Bluesky Social (Series A) • SoSoValue (Seed) – $SOSOVALUE • Transcrypts (Seed) • Sahara AI (Seed) - $SAHARA • Space and Time (Series A) – $SXT • PIN AI (Seed) • Playtron (Seed) • Aurora (Seed) – $AURORA • Autonomys (Series A) - $AI3 • Theoriq (Seed) • Ecosapiens (Seed) • ETHSign (Seed) - $SIGN • Hyperbolic (Seed) • Quai Network (Seed) – $QUAI • Pixelynx (Seed) • Napster (Series A) – Acq. by Infinite Reality • Veda (Seed) • Kite AI (Series A) • Bagel (Seed) Select Fintech Investments: • Bitwave (Series A) • Haven (Seed) • Manifest (Series A) • Lemon (Series B)

  • Senior Associate

    2019 - 2021

    Select Investments: • Carpe Data (Series A) (Acquired by Thomas Lee Partners, 30x MOIC) • Accurence (Series A) (Acquired by Next Gear, a portco of Serent Capital, 10x MOIC) • Life360 (Series C) (IPO, 7.5x MOIC) • Ridecell (Series B) (3x MOIC), • Stride Health (Series B) (2.5x MOIC) • Bark (Series B) (2.3x MOIC)

  • Founding Associate

    2016 - 2019

    First U.S. hire at Allstate Strategic Ventures, brought on to help build the corporate venture capital arm from the ground up. As a founding team member, played a key role in sourcing, diligence, and portfolio construction for strategic investments across fintech, mobility, AI, blockchain and cybersecurity. Helped shape investment theses, internal processes, and key reporting infrastructure for the fund.

2015 - 2016

  • Investment Banking Associate

    2015 - 2016

    Provided sell and buy side M&A advisory services. Company partially acquired by Rothschild & Co.

2014 - 2014

  • Investment Banking Associate

    2014 - 2014

    Summer Associate. Sell side M&A advisory services.

  • Valuation Associate

    2010 - 2014

    Valued illiquid investments for hedge fund, private equity and venture capital clients.