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Jay Kapoor
Cohort 2 Member at Oper8r
United States
Overview
Jay Kapoor is the General Partner of VSC Ventures, known for investing in startups in challenging industries and hosting the 'CLIMB by VSC' podcast. With a background in investment banking and venture capital, Jay has successfully invested in companies like Empower3d at the seed stage, showcasing his expertise in early-stage investments and strategic partnerships.
Work Experience
General Partner
2021 - Current
VSC Ventures is built on the core thesis that it has become easier than ever before to start a startup, but harder than ever before for that company to break out or get noticed. Our award-winning comms firm has represented over 600 startups incl. 4 IPOs, 20 unicorns, and 50+ exits. Storytelling is our superpower. We’ll invest at Seed & Series A and go to work for you! Investments include: — Glacier — Paintjet — Neuralight — Presso — Multitude Insights — Sesame Solar — Concrete.ai — (Stealth) Robotics
General Partner, VSC Ventures
2021
VSC Ventures is built on the core thesis that it has become easier than ever before to start a startup, but harder than ever before for that company to break out or get noticed. Our award-winning comms firm has represented over 550 startups incl. 3 IPOs, 16 unicorns, and 50+ exits. Storytelling is our superpower. We’ll invest at Seed & Series A and go to work for you! Investments include: — Goodcall — Neuralight — Graphwear — The.com
We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Cohort 2 Member
2021
A network and community building the next generation of institutional VCs
Founder
2019
Weekly podcast from Jay Kapoor and Tim Katt where we interview professional athletes about the business ventures they pursue off the field. The Game Plan both highlights success stories and discusses the challenges that current and retired athletes face in approaching their next chapter.
Principal
2018 - 2020
Select Portfolio: - MindMate (Board Observer) - Datasembly (Board Observer) - Alloy - Revel - Involve.AI - Modumate - FutureFamily - OwnUp - rOcean
LaunchCapital is focused on entrepreneurs at the seed stage.
VC at MSG Ventures
2017 - 2018
Investing in technology that would be used in and around the MSG Sphere. Sourcing, evaluating and backing founders in innovative companies across live entertainment and immersive experiences
Madison square garden is engaged in sports and entertainment business.
Sr Associate
2016 - 2017
* Winter 2017 session: Lead initial sourcing and screening of potential Techstars candidates (screened 300+ potential candidates and interviewed ~100+ founding teams) for upcoming Summer 2017 batch * Summer 2016 session: Working with exciting early-stage (pre-seed/seed) Techstars companies on new business development, strategic resource planning, marketing materials and presentation preparation.
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Investment Banking Associate
2015 - 2016
M&A and private placement advisory in TMT group with focus and expertise in Sports Media and Live Entertainment. Engage in all aspects of acquisition and capital raising processes, including: new business development, financial and valuation analysis, authoring deal marketing materials, transaction structuring and modeling, due diligence, and negotiation of purchase and investment agreements Houlihan Lokey acquired MESA Global in June 2015
Houlihan Lokey is an investment bank that offers financial services.
Financial Analyst
2012 - 2015
Business Development, Corporate Strategy/FP&A Select Advisory Experience: • NFL Fan Experience Initiative - Designed, pitched and managed creation and implementation of Fan Experience iOS App for League-wide use; Led product management, UI/UX design and QA Testing teams • CBS Thursday Night Football Deal - Advised NFL Media on CBS one-year agreement to product/broadcast NFL Network's Thursday Night Football Package • Industry Targeting & Trend Analysis - Advised NFL Advertising Sales Sr. Mgmt on Marketing & Advertising Trends in Insurance, Home Improvement Retail and Consumer Technology Industries • NFL International Series Game - Advised NFL International Team on strategic fan growth initiatives for NFL UK, resulting in creation of 3rd UK Game for 2014 NFL Season
NFL is a professional sports league in the U.S. that acts as a trade association for franchise owners to promote the sport and much more.
Raised $5,700,000.00 from Bob Woodruff Foundation.
Investment Banking Analyst
2011 - 2012
Financial Sponsors & Leveraged Finance Group • International Paper Company - Advised and Financed International Paper on their $3.7 billion acquisition of Temple-Inland • EMI Group - Advised Warner Music Group on potential $1.6 billion bid for EMI's Recorded Music Division • CVC Capital Partners - AlixPartners - Advised CVC Capital Partners on ~$1.3 billion leveraged buyout bid for AlixPartners, a Global Consulting firm • Clayton Dubilier & Rice - Roofing Supply Group- Advised CD&R's leveraged buyout of Roofing Supply Group, a U.S. wholesaler of roofing supplies
UBS Realty Investors is an institutional investment advisor that managed real estate equity assets on behalf of its clients.