Jake Dwyer

Founder

2023 - Current

Factor invests in blockchain-enabled businesses and technologies.

Managing Director

2021 - 2023

GSR provides an array of financial services to some of the most impactful businesses in the digital asset ecosystem. Formally established and led GSR’s venture investing activities to deploy $50m+ per year into exciting businesses in web3/crypto/blockchain industry. Additionally led the buildout of GSR's blockchain engineering platform.

SVP - GM of Venn

2017 - 2021

GM of Venn, a SaaS platform for quantitative investment analysis. Venn applied Two Sigma's quantitative research to enable over 1,000 institutional asset allocators to leverage data to make smarter investment decisions.

Advisor

2014 - 2021

COO

2015 - 2016

Enterprise AI startup working with Fortune 500 businesses and government agencies to apply machine learning to drive efficiency and capitalize on untapped revenue opportunities from their data. Backed by leading VCs, including Tiger Global, Bessemer, Firstmark, Bond and others.

Business Development & Operations

2014 - 2015

Led operations, overseeing the labor supply side of Handy's home service marketplace and partnership efforts to expand the Handy platform.

VP Partnerships & Business Development

2013 - 2014

Led initial efforts to build out the Insightly partner and integrations ecosystem for leading CRM and productivity platform focused on the SMB market.

CEO

2011 - 2012

Instinctiv created technology powering content recommendations, audio fingerprinting and P2P, wireless content distribution networks for personal audio content on any mobile device. Acquired by SoundCloud.

VP Business Development

2010 - 2011

Vice President - Equity Trading

2005 - 2008

Specific focus on companies in Media, Technology and Retail sectors

Vice President - Equity Derivatives

2005 - 2005

Led digital overhaul of secondary market trading of convertible bonds and structured equity derivatives, including product development of a new online trading system and marketing site to deliver real time quotes on OTC products.

Equity Derivatives Analyst

2003 - 2005