Jackson Gates
General Partner at Manresa Ventures
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing General Partner
2019 - Current
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Development
2016 - 2019
Affirm is a financial technology services company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale.
Raised $2,020,000,000.00 from PGIM Fixed Income.
CEO, Co-Founder
2013 - 2016
Acquired by Affirm Inc. in April 2016
Save intelligently, spend confidently.
Raised $1,000,000.00 from Village Capital, Kapor Capital and StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund).
Vice President, Business Development
2012 - 2013
Edmodo is a global education network that connects all learners with the people and resources they need to reach their full potential.
Raised $77,500,000.00 from Z-kai.
Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Development
2008 - 2012
Responsible for new business development, corporate development, partner marketing, strategy and analytics at Pandora. Led evaluation of new international markets, new revenue streams and next-gen content strategy.
Pandora is an ad-supported audio entertainment streaming marketplace that provides internet radio and recommendation services.
Raised $750,309,362.00 from Sirius XM, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Slow Ventures and Kensington Capital Partners Limited.
Entrepreneur in Residence
2008 - 2008
EIR and Venture Founder of AskMeGo, a network to connect consumers with experts via live-chat.
Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.
Associate
2002 - 2005
Sourced, completed and managed venture capital investments on behalf of Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen. Focused on communications infrastructure, enterprise software, digital media and consumer internet.
Analyst
2000 - 2002
Evaluated and completed mid-stage venture and growth capital investments in telecom equipment, enterprise software and enterprise computing.
Summer Intern (1997, 1998, 1999)
1997 - 1999
Completed three summer internships in server systems, product marketing and corporate development.
Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services.
Raised $1,700,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins.
Education
MBA
2005 - 2007