Jason Tolkin
Chasing Timezones
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Business Development Partner
2022 - 2024
Supporting early-stage founders with transformational ambitions
Gradient is a seed fund that invests in founders developing AI technologies.
Bain Innovation Exchange - Manager
2019 - 2022
Co-Founder
2016 - 2018
Making location the heart of your marketing.
HYP3R is a traveler acquisition platform that makes it easy to acquire travelers directly and at scale.
Raised $6,920,001.00 from Fuel Venture Capital and Techstars.
Business Development
2013 - 2015
Virool is a programmatic video marketing platform that helps brands engage audiences with targeted, native video placements.
Raised $18,620,000.00 from GVA Capital.
Team Lead, Latam
2012 - 2013
PM, Google Enterprise
2011 - 2012
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.
Co-Founder
2003 - 2012
Beams and Dreams is a Seattle based non-profit co-founded in 2003 by myself and my brother Brian, then ages 13 and 12 respectively. Initially just a concept formulated over numerous dinner conversations, it gradually morphed into an incredibly rewarding endeavor. Beams and Dreams’ mission is to provide fully complimentary boating-based events to cancer patients, survivors and their families. All of its events offer guests the opportunity to spend several hours on a luxury motor yacht or sailing vessel on either Puget Sound or Lake Washington. In addition to the actual time on the water, each event offers delicious food, and creative entertainment such as magicians, musicians, storytellers, balloon artists or environmental education. To date, it has served over 2,000 guests, hosted and operated 26 unique events, procured over $200,000 of in-kind donations and established close ties with 11 local and national cancer-support agencies.
Intern
2010 - 2010
Spent the summer helping to identify and research new business opportunities, where we ultimately settled on building Nextdoor.com.
Nextdoor is a private social networking platform that connects neighbors for them to exchange helpful information, goods, and services.
Raised $723,800,000.00 from Shasta Ventures, Benchmark, Anthony Noto, DAG Ventures, Pinnacle Ventures, Greylock, Allen & Company, Dave Goldberg, ARK Investment Management and Soroban Capital Partners LP.