Jason Thomas
Partner at Bridge Venture Fund
Jason Thomas
Partner at Bridge Venture Fund
Greater Chicago Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2013 - Current
Bridge is a Chicago-based Seed stage venture capital fund investing in B2B SaaS and Consumer Brands across a diverse set of end markets. Select portfolio companies include Caraway, Mack Weldon, Simple Mills, Casetext, Lawmatics, Priori, PartySlate, haku, Prado, and ConverseNow. View our full portfolio at www.bridgeinvestments.com.
Board Director
2018
Haku offers an innovative, cloud-based application for registration and event management, empowering event organizers with state-of-the-art applications to plan their events, acquire and engage participants, track progress using analytics, achieve fundraising goals, and maximize ROI for each event. Haku’s comprehensive solution provides multiple applications all in one simple platform.
Board Director
2016 - 2021
Stonegate Capital (www.sghcap.com) is a diversified specialty finance company that provides $1.0 - $10.0MM asset-based loans to established lower middle market enterprises and emerging brands. The Company offers creative solutions for businesses whose needs are not being met by traditional financing sources.
Board Director
2015 - 2019
QDiscovery (www.qdiscovery.com) is a premier provider of electronic data discovery, litigation support, project management, and technology assisted review for law firms and corporate legal departments throughout the United States.
Vice President
2005 - 2013
Red Barn Investments is a Chicago-based private equity and venture capital firm that invests in small and mid-sized companies where its expertise and relationships can assist in creating value over the long-term. Served on the Board of Directors for SCO Logistics, Inc. and CoreXchange, Inc. Primary roles at Red Barn included: originating and analyzing investment prospects across a range of industries (business services, consumer products, energy and alternative energy, media and entertainment, industrial, etc.); managing and executing buy side and sell side M&A process, including devising and negotiating terms and deal structure, due diligence, financial modeling, legal review and documentation; and providing financial, strategic and Board support to portfolio companies. Analyzed alternative investment strategies and provided additional support to family office.
Senior Manager
2002 - 2005
Oversaw the operations of management consulting firm, including all projects, staffing, and strategy, reporting directly to CEO. Managed all consulting engagements with Fortune 500 corporate legal departments in an effort to reduce costs, streamline operations and achieve equilibrium between insourcing and outsourcing.
Analyst
2000 - 2001
Managed day-to-day details of the client coverage and transaction processes. Analyzed, evaluated and executed M&A advisory assignments and various forms of capital funding transactions for companies operating in a myriad of industries. Performed, evaluated and presented detailed company, industry and market research and analysis. Engaged in due diligence and built complex, integrated operational and financial models.
Education
Bachelor of Science (BS)
1996 - 2000