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Jake Dwyer

Founder - Factor Capital

Charlottesville, Virginia

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

Web3/Blockchain

Washington, D.C.

Investors who were founders

Investors who invested in female founders

Investors who invested in diverse founders

Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists

Locations:

Min Investment:
$500,000.00
Max Investment:
$2,500,000.00
Target Investment:
$1,000,000.00

Skills

Quantitative Finance

Business Development

Entrepreneurship

Business Strategy

Product Management

Product Development

Strategic Partnerships

Education

DC
BA
Dartmouth College
(1999 - 2003)
CJ
MBA
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
(2008 - 2010)
IB
MBA-Exchange
IE Business School
(2009 - 2009)
HS
Middlesex School
(1995 - 1999)

Lists including Jake

All Series A Investors

14748 people

All Seed Investors

19691 people

All Pre-Seed Investors

7972 people

Investments

Parcl

Total Funding: $16M

0x

Total Funding: $110M

Checkr

Total Funding: $560M

HyperScience

Total Funding: $5K

Lyra Finance

Total Funding: $3M

Work Experience

FC

2023

Founder
2023
Factor invests in commercial applications of blockchain and crypto.

G

2021 - 2023

Managing Director
2021 - 2023
Head of Venture Investing and DeFi

TS

2017 - 2021

SVP - GM of Venn
2017 - 2021
GM leading the creation of Two Sigma's quantitative analytics platform, Venn, used by over 1,000 institutional asset allocators to leverage data to make smarter investment decisions.

H

2014 - 2021

Advisor
2014 - 2021
COO
2015 - 2016

HH

2014 - 2015

Business Development & Operations
2014 - 2015

I

2013 - 2014

VP Partnerships & Business Development
2013 - 2014

I

2010 - 2012

CEO
2011 - 2012
Acquired by SoundCloud.
VP Business Development
2010 - 2011

ML

2003 - 2008

Vice President - Equity Trading
2005 - 2008
Vice President - Equity Derivatives
2005 - 2005
Equity Derivatives Analyst
2003 - 2005

Latest Articles

Medium•Jun. 2015

Observations of Successful On Demand Markets

on demand marketplaces

defensible moats