JK

Jordan Kong

I build companies from 0-to-1

San Francisco, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $200,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

2025

  • Chief of Staff

    2025

2019 - 2025

  • Principal

    2020 - 2025

    I spearhead creating new startups in the 0-to-1 phase and act as the founding General Manager / Product Manager. Expertise include: thesis development & ideation, user & market research, product scope & build, go-to-market launch, and rapid iterations to get to PMF. Companies I've helped launch and scale include: Villa Homes (PropTech), Found (Consumer Healthcare), OpenStore (B2B Ecommerce), Sauron (Home Security & AI), Fire (Web3)

  • Vice President

    2019 - 2020

2018 - 2019

  • Venture Partner

    2018 - 2019

    Polychain Capital is the world's premier investor in cryptocurrency protocols and companies

2015 - 2018

  • Operator-in-Residence @ Eco

    2017 - 2018

    Collaborated w/ Expa founder Garrett Camp to co-create Eco, a new digital currency network.

  • Head of Business Operations @ Ando

    2015 - 2017

    Employee #1 at Ando, an on-demand food startup founded by Expa and Momofuku (Chef David Chang). Acquired by UberEats.

  • Associate

    2013 - 2015

    IVP is one of the premier later-stage venture capital and growth equity firms with $7 billion of committed capital and a 37-year IRR of 43.1%.

2011 - 2013

  • Analyst

    2011 - 2013

    Investment Banking, Global Technology, Media, and Telecom Group

2011 - 2011

  • Operations

    2011 - 2011