Jenny Lawton
Always helping entrepreneurs succeed
Easton, Connecticut
Overview
Work Experience
Advisor
2023 - Current
Board Member
2023
Flexia is a fitness company brings Pilates studio experience into people living room.
Raised $4,120,000.00 from Phoenix Capital Ventures (PCV), ADvantage, Techstars and Calm Ventures.
Strategic Advisor
2023
Founder
2015
Old School fuels next stage growth for early-stage and scaling startups through deeply hands on strategic support.
Board Member
2019
Sphero Edu platform uses app-enabled robots to foster creativity through discovery and play,
Member of the Board of Trustees
2015
Adjunct Professor
2020
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Executive Vice President
2021 - 2024
Bolster is the marketplace to connect high-growth companies with trusted and flexible executive talent. Our platform matches executives with startup and scaleup CEOs based on each company’s unique needs and each executive’s unique experience.
Bolster helps startup CEOs scale themselves, their leadership teams, and their boards.
Raised $21,953,074.00 from Alumni Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Capital Factory, Costanoa Ventures, High Alpha, Alumni Ventures, Foundry Group and SVB Financial Group.
Board Member
2018 - 2020
Advisor, Investor
2015 - 2020
Glowforge is creating the first 3D laser printer. We're rebooting laser cutter/engraver technology with modern software and sensors to enable single-click printing of beautiful products like leather wallets, wooden lamps, and pop-up birthday cards. Glowforge was founded by three serial entrepreneurs with multiple multimillion-dollar exits. We're currently hiring web software engineers, firmware engineers, mechanical engineers, visual designers and more.
Glowforge is a manufacturer of 3D laser printers intended to offer printing services on a wide range of materials and many more.
Raised $133,165,000.00 from DFJ Growth, True Ventures, Revolution Growth, Foundry Group, Foundry Group, Revolution Growth, True Ventures and DFJ Growth.
Education
BS
1981 - 1985