Jewel Burks
Managing Partner at Collab Capital
Atlanta, Georgia
Overview
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
BBA
2007 - 2010