JL

Jesse Leimgruber

Founder | Thiel Fellow | 30u30

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Education

Work Experience

2024

  • Co-Founder - CTO

    2024

    AI Smart Speaker SDK. Like Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Siri, but actually smart! Bringing AI Voice to all hardware.

2014

  • Chairman & Founder

    2014

    Leading Influencer Platform. $75+ Million in revenue from Fortune 500's. In 2017, we led the U.S. launch of TikTok. NeoReach joined TikTok's U.S. launch team to recruit influencers and transition from Musical.ly to TikTok. CEO from 2014 moved to Chairman in 2024.

2017 - 2023

  • Founder

    2017 - 2023

    Acquired in 2024, Raised $50M Developer SDK for Data & Identity, secured a deal with a national government in Asia to rebuild their national ID system.

2016 - 2018

  • Thiel Fellow

    2016 - 2018

    Dropped out of Stanford, Joined the Thiel Fellowship, became close friends with 20+ unicorn founders.

2011 - 2015

  • Founder

    2011 - 2015

    I built RageHats in highschool. We sold over 100,000 neon hats and scaled to $50k/month in revenue when I was still 16

2012 - 2015

  • Founder

    2012 - 2015

    Consulted for Nissan, Phillips, and dozens of small businesses. Started in highschool and ran throughout Stanford. At one point employed a full time team of 20 while I was still a college freshman.