Jack Taylor

Partner

2024

Touchdown Ventures merged with Cerity Partners in September 2024. https://ceritypartners.com/news/cerity-partners-welcomes-touchdown-ventures/

Managing Director at Touchdown Ventures

2024 - 2024

Director at Touchdown Ventures

2023 - 2024

Principal at Touchdown Ventures

2020 - 2023

Multi-stage investor in high-growth security, enterprise software, proptech, AI/ML, and IoT companies based in North America, Europe, and Israel. Investments include Pindrop, Robin, HqO, Openpath (acquired by Motorola), VergeSense, Kasa, Mint House, Mapped (Board Visitor)

Senior Associate at Touchdown Ventures

2017 - 2020

Board Observer

2023

President, Philadelphia

2015 - 2017

The InSITE Fellowship is a highly competitive leadership development program comprised of exceptional graduate students at top universities. InSITE Fellows and alumni make up a global network of entrepreneurs and leaders in technology and venture capital. To date, InSITE companies have raised more than $500 million of disclosed funding and have enjoyed many successful exits. Past projects include: Quickframe (https://www.quickframe.com/) STRIVR Labs (http://www.strivrlabs.com/)

MBA Intern

2016 - 2016

Personal Capital is a financial technology company backed by IVP and Venrock; it was acquired by Empower for $1B in 2020 I spent the summer between my 1st and 2nd year of business school focused on: • Creating a mobile marketing strategy playbook by leveraging product features, market analysis, and internal benchmarks. • Developing a business case for 3 new consumer financial product verticals, identifying TAM, financial and non-financial benefits, regulatory concerns, and cross-sell partners.

Investment Professional

2015 - 2015

Laconia leads investments in seed stage B2B companies that make existing markets and workflows more efficient • Collaborated with Managing Directors on all due diligence aspects, including sourcing, business plan reviews, industry research, and financial modeling to conduct sensitivity analyses on late seed-stage and Series A investment opportunities. • Closed $2M seed investment in AutoFi, a digital provider of point-of-sale financing for the auto industry

Future Angel

2014 - 2015

Consortium of 100+ individual accredited angel investors focused on investing in early-stage companies. The leading seed investment organization in NYC having invested over $95 million in entrepreneurial ventures.

Investor

2013 - 2015

Virgil Capital is an angel investment and advisory firm focusing on seed and early stage investments in the greater New York City area

Short-Term Markets Analyst

2010 - 2013

• Received top-tier ranking in analyst class each year; promoted to 3rd-year analyst