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Jewel Burks

Managing Partner at Collab Capital

Atlanta, Georgia

Overview 

Jewel Burks is currently the Managing Partner at Collab Capital in Atlanta, Georgia, where she oversees investments in companies at various stages, including Series A and Seed, with a focus on sectors like Enterprise and AI. Her notable career highlights include serving as Head of Google for Startups, US, and being recognized as a 2019 Henry Crown Fellow at The Aspen Institute.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2019 - Current

Collab Capital is an investment fund that provides social and financial resources to Black-owned companies.

  • Independent Board Director

    2023

CallRail is a phone call tracking and analytics platform businesses use to understand which marketing campaigns drive leads and conversions.

Raised $137,494,304.00 from Square 1 Bank.

  • Board Member

    2023

CAE is a non-partisan Washington area-based 501(c)(3) policy and advocacy organization.

  • Board Member

    2022

Goodr is a sustainable surplus food management platform that leverages technology to reduce food waste and combat hunger.

Raised $12,271,556.00 from ImpactAssets, Emerson Collective, Precursor Ventures, TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good, Kimbal Musk, Collab Capital, Atlanta Technology Angels, Gratitude Railroad and Tech Square Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2021

The Community Foundation works hard to make the entire Atlanta region a better place to live, work, learn and thrive.

  • Board Member

    2020

Endeavor Atlanta selecting and supporting the region’s fastest-growing entrepreneurs to think bigger, scale-up, and multiply.

  • Independent Board Director

    2022 - 2024

Partium offers a solution for the fast identification of parts within industrial and retail environments.

Raised $10,776,050.00 from Trestle Partners, Bloomhaus Ventures and TechNexus Venture Collaborative.

  • Head of Google for Startups, US

    2019 - 2023

    I am on a mission to level the playing field for under-resourced founders in emerging US markets.

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

  • 2019 Henry Crown Fellow

    2019 - 2023

Aspen-HP Digital Equity Accelerator is an accelerator that fuels innovation by investing in not-for-profit organizations and NGOs.

  • Team Lead

    2016 - 2019

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.

Education 

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