Jon Dishotsky
Partner at Giant Ventures
Jon Dishotsky
Partner at Giant Ventures
Stockholm, Stockholm County
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
Giant backs purpose-driven founders solving the world’s biggest challenges: from climate, to health, to inclusive capitalism. Led by former founders, Giant invests in companies that matter at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series B in Europe and the US.
Angel Investor
2019
Angel investor in multiple unicorns, and over 50 companies including: AvantStay, Leya, Marine Layer, Mercury, Premier, Remote, Rewind, The Bot Company, Varda Space, Verifiable, WeFunder and more.
Host (Discontinued)
2021 - 2023
Launched the first Season of Seed Stories, a dedicated video podcast that interviewed startup founders on the heels of raising the first round of venture capital. Became the top rated Seed-stage podcast, with hundreds of thousands of views and listens on Spotify, Youtube, and Apple Podcasts.
Managing Director
2021 - 2021
Assisted with transition of Starcity assets.
CEO & Co-Founder
2015 - 2021
Officially founded May of 2016, Starcity became one of the largest global developers and operators of coliving. The company was featured in the WSJ, NY Times, and Citylab, and raised over $50M of venture capital from a great stable of existing investors including Bullpen Capital, NEA, Social Capital, Urban Us, Y Combinator and notable angel investors Immad Akhund, Paul Buchheit, Othman Laraki, Trip Adler and David Rusenko.
Producer
2014 - 2016
In 2014, Jon produced a movie with his friend Colin Thompson called It's Us staring Eliza Coupe, Jay Hayden and David Walton. It was released January 5th, 2016, was an Official Selection at the Sun Valley Film Festival and was sold to Hulu. Short Synopsis: A young married couple moves from Los Angeles to Vermont in search of a geographical marriage fix. Available on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/its-us/id1062494514), Hulu (https://www.hulu.com/watch/1016310) and On Demand (Xfinity / Time Warner).
Principal
2014 - 2015
Provided workplace solutions and consulting for some of the most prominent startups to come out of San Francisco including Cruise, Keynote Software, Mixpanel, Optimizely, Quip, Rescale, Scribd, Weebly, Y Combinator, and Zenefits.
Senior Director
2007 - 2014
Transitioned from Research Specialist to Consultant. Advised institutional clients such as UBS, Metlife, INVESCO, and Fortress and real estate strategy. Transitioned to a leadership role and developed C&W's Technology Advisory practice. Became fastest to rise to Top 100 production in the firm's history.
Research Specialist
2006 - 2007
Hired after a successful internship in 2004. Co-developed an internal global real estate data tool known as Site Solutions, a competitor to Costar.
Research Intern
2004 - 2004
Joined the San Francisco office as a summer intern. Developed multiple deliverables including: - Citywide parking survey - Database refactor of property information - Presentation on technology trends
Education
Summer 2016, Growth Batch W19
2016 - 2019
Managerial Economics
2002 - 2006