Jeffrey Akiki
Founder of Not Diamond
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2024 - Current
Helping developers dynamically route queries from their application to the best-suited AI models.
Data Driven Growth
2022 - 2023
At On Deck, I was tasked with leading data-driven growth initiatives. I designed and built an automated system that leveraged network graph techniques to surface highly curated talent from platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, GitHub, and Slack. During my time at the company, my work became the second leading source of revenue for one of our core products.
On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.
Research Fellow
2022 - 2023
Multilayer network graph research, using machine learning to solve the modeling and search problem for unstructured data across online graph networks.
Investor
2021 - 2022
MLOps platform for automated data labeling and dataset evaluation.
Avala is a software company that offers a data platform to build their computer vision models.
Investor
2021 - 2022
Social layer for sports betting.
Pikkit is a consumer software company operating in the betting industry.
Raised $4,375,000.00 from Founder Collective and FJ Labs.
Investor
2021 - 2022
No-Code AI Platform.
Sway AI empowers a new user of AI - the analyst, domain expert, and business users through no-code AI technology.
Investor
2020 - 2022
Connecting jobseekers with employers through video messaging.
Heroes Jobs is a mobile application that helps streamlines recruitment by connecting job seekers with employers through video messaging.
Raised $8,498,766.00 from Bolt, Adapt Ventures and Forerunner.
VC
2019 - 2022
At Bolt, I sourced, evaluated, and closed investments in AI/ML and marketplace startups. Some of the deals I led include Avala AI, Sway AI, Pikkit, and Heroes Jobs. During my time there, I worked closely with portfolio companies from inception through subsequent funding rounds and helped them with their go-to-market and data-driven growth strategies.
Bolt is a pre-seed venture firm investing where the digital and physical world intersect.
Raised $3,900,000.00 from Mick Mountz, Logitech, Foundry Group, Grishin Robotics, Eran Egozy, Bantam Group, Bruce Sachs, Autodesk, River Valley Investors and Semyon Dukach.
Venture Intern
2018 - 2018
SeedInvest is a leading equity crowdfunding platform, opening up access to venture capital and angel investing to everyone.
Black Capital provides access to the venture capital ecosystem to promote economic inclusion.
External Analytics Consultant (Graduate Capstone)
2018 - 2018
S&P Global Market Intelligence is a provider of multi-asset class and real-time data, research, news and analytics to institutional investors, investment and commercial banks, investment advisors and wealth managers, corporations, and universities.
S&P Global is a market intelligence company that provides financial information and data analytics services.
Raised $750,000,000.00.