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Jay Simons
General Partner at BOND
San Francisco, California
Overview
Jay Simons is a General Partner at BOND in San Francisco, California, with a background that includes serving on the boards of companies like Zapier and HubSpot, and holding executive roles at Atlassian and BEA Systems. He has made impactful investments in companies such as AlphaSense and Locus Robotics, focusing on SaaS in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Work Experience
General Partner
2020 - Current
Bond is a venture capital firm that supports visionary founders throughout their life cycle of innovation and growth.
Board Member
2020
Zapier is an IT company that provides integrations for web applications for use in automated workflows.
Raised $1,362,949.00 from Steadfast Capital Management and Sequoia Capital.
Member Board of Directors
2017
HubSpot develops cloud-based, inbound marketing software that allows businesses to transform the way that they market online.
Raised $100,500,000.00 from Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, CRV, Cross Creek and Altimeter Capital.
President
2011 - 2020
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
2008 - 2011
Vice President, Marketing
2007 - 2008
Senior Director, Product Marketing
2005 - 2007
BEA provides enterprise application and service infrastructure software enabling companies to streamline operations and cut costs.
Raised $50,000,000.00 from Alfred Chuang and Warburg Pincus.
VP Product Marketing & Strategy
2004 - 2005
Managing Director Asia Pacific
2001 - 2004
Director, International Sales
2000 - 2001
Area Sales Manager, West
1997 - 2000
Education
B.A.
1990 - 1994