Jon Dishotsky

Founding Partner

2025

Early stage investor in multiple unicorns, and over 50 companies including: AvantStay, Leya, Lovable, Limitless, Marine Layer, Mercury, Premier, Remote, The Bot Company, Varda Space, Verifiable, WeFunder and more. I am also an LP in Immad Fund, Y Combinator, Alt Capital and Pioneer Fund.

Partner

2020 - 2025

CEO & Co-Founder

2015 - 2021

Founded May of 2016, Starcity became one of the largest global developers and operators of coliving housing. The company was featured in the WSJ, NY Times, and Citylab, and raised over $50M of venture capital from a great stable of existing investors including Bullpen Capital, NEA, Social Capital, Urban Us, Y Combinator and notable angel investors Immad Akhund, Paul Buchheit, Othman Laraki, Trip Adler and David Rusenko. Acquihired by Common in 2021.

Principal

2014 - 2015

Provided workplace solutions and consulting for some of the most prominent startups to come out of San Francisco including Cruise, Keynote Software, Mixpanel, Optimizely, Quip, Rescale, Scribd, Weebly, Y Combinator, and Zenefits.

Senior Director

2007 - 2014

Transitioned from Research Specialist to Consultant. Advised institutional clients such as UBS, Metlife, INVESCO, Thoma Bravo, Fortress and real estate strategy. Transitioned to a leadership role and developed C&W's Technology Advisory practice. Became fastest to rise to Top 100 production in the firm's history.

Research Specialist

2006 - 2007

Hired after a successful internship in 2004. Co-developed an internal global real estate data tool known as Site Solutions, a competitor to Costar.

Research Intern

2004 - 2004

Joined the San Francisco office as a summer intern. Developed multiple deliverables including: - Citywide parking survey - Database refactor of property information - Presentation on technology trends