Jacob Poliskin
Founding Partner at Shorewind Capital
Greater Philadelphia
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Partner
2024 - Current
Shorewind Capital is an early stage venture capital firm anchored by David Rubenstein.
Head of Investments
2021
David Adelman's family office: https://darcocapital.com/
Darco Capital is an investment firm that focuses on investing on technology and consumer businesses.
Angel Investor
2022 - 2022
Fleetzero is building battery electric cargo ships to affordably decarbonize ocean freight. www.shipfleetzero.com
Fleetzero is building battery electric cargo ships to affordably decarbonize ocean freight.
Raised $15,500,000.00 from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Founders Fund, Unpopular Ventures, McKinley Capital Management, Pioneer Fund, Apollo Projects, Y Combinator, MCJ and Cantos.
Angel Investor
2021 - 2021
https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/prolific-machines-cultured-meat-cell-growth/
Prolific Machines is a biotech company developing cell technologies to redefine how cells are produced for a sustainable and healthy future.
Raised $97,000,000.00 from Pledge Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Tet Ventures, Conti Ventures, Ki Tua Fund, Shorewind Capital, Darco Capital, In-Q-Tel, SOSV and Mayfield Fund.
Senior Associate
2016 - 2021
Led Mark's seed/series A investments in: Settle, Fort Robotics, Neutral, Art of Sport, Osaro, Moov Technologies, Underdog Fantasy, Datafleets (acq. 2021), Lightyear.AI, Strella Biotech, Fabric8, Toggle Robotics, Hala Systems, Allure Systems, Unite Genomics, Gecko Robotics, Apptopia, Synthesia, Biomeme, Defined, Momentum and more. Post investment acted as conduit between Mark and software portfolio companies. Led computer vision program with Dallas Mavericks.
Analyst
2014 - 2016
Limited Partner
2021 - 2021
Lowercarbon Capital funds research and invests in technologies that reduce CO2 in the atmosphere.
Angel Investor
2021 - 2021
Remora captures carbon emissions from semi-trucks.
Angel Investor
2021 - 2021
Settle is a cash-flow management platform that helps e-commerce and consumer brands manage their financial transactions.
Raised $520,999,750.00 from Silicon Valley Bank, Citibank and Atalaya Capital.
Angel Investor
2021 - 2021
We’re the first carbon neutral food company in the United States, and we’re on mission to radically reduce the carbon footprint of agriculture, for good.
Neutral is a carbon-neutral food company that builds a sustainable carbon-neutral food ecosystem starting with milk and a half and half.
Raised $16,000,000.00 from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Kevin Love, LeBron James, Mark Cuban, Global Brain Corporation, Tobias Harris, Craig Shapiro, Kirin Holdings, John Legend and The Norinchukin Bank.
Angel Investor
2020 - 2020
Living Carbon is a public benefit company on a mission to fight climate change by genetically enhancing CO2 capture and storage in trees.
Raised $36,000,000.00 from Lowercarbon Capital, Toyota Ventures, Temasek Holdings, Felicis, Scott Belsky, Susan Danziger, Floodgate, Kimbal Musk, Homebrew and Goat Capital.
Education
Bachelor's degree
2011 - 2015