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Jason Costa

Senior Director of Product at Reddit

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Jason Costa is a seasoned professional currently serving as the Senior Director of Product at Reddit, Inc., with a background in product management at notable tech companies like Pinterest, Twitter, and Google. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and has a strong track record of success in analytics, mobile devices, and strategic management roles. Highlights of Jason's career include his roles as a Venture Partner & EIR at GGV Capital and his experience as a Partner Engineer & Dev Advocate at Google, showcasing his expertise in product development and investment strategies within the San Francisco Bay Area tech sector.

Work Experience 

  • Senior Director of Product

    2023 - Current

  • Director of Product

    2019 - 2022

    Having a blast at Reddit, working on Consumer Product.

Reddit is an online platform that enables users to submit links, create content, and have discussions about the topics of their interest.

Raised $1,329,049,748.00 from Catamaran, Quiet Capital, Montauk Ventures, Bienville Capital and Fidelity.

  • Venture Partner & EIR

    2016 - 2018

    Deployed ~$15M across 6 deals (4 seed, 1 A, 1 B). Advised portfolio (US & China).

Notable Capital is a venture capital firm investing in notable ideas, notable causes, and notable founders with global ambitions.

  • Product

    2013 - 2016

    Built the Ads product, and then led the Pins UX team. One of the first 100 employees.

Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.

Raised $1,486,100,000.00 from Elliott Investment Management and Elliott Investment Management.

  • Platform

    2011 - 2013

    Working on APIs & syndication products, enabling an ecosystem of 1m+ apps.

X is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read microblogs.

Raised $12,869,191,511.00 from Greenlight Capital, Binance, Litani Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar Holding, The Lawrence J. Ellison Revocable Trust, Fidelity, Alwaleed Bin Talal, Sequoia Capital and Vy Capital.

  • Partner Engineer & Dev Advocate

    2005 - 2009

    Driving the success of strategic developer products and APIs. Set up several international offices, building satellite engineering teams in: Ireland (Dublin in '07), India (Hyderabad in '07/'08), and China (Beijing in '08/'09).

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

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