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Jenny Lawton

Always helping entrepreneurs succeed

Easton, Connecticut

Overview 

Jenny Lawton, based in Easton, Connecticut, is a seasoned entrepreneur and business advisor known for her role as the Founder of Old School Venture and Executive Vice President at Bolster. She has a strong track record of supporting startups, serving on boards, and providing strategic advice to companies like Sphero and Glowforge, where she also invested in their Series A funding round.

Work Experience 

  • 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.

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