Kevin Jacques
Partner at Cota Capital
Cupertino, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner at Cota Capital
2021 - Current
Kevin Jacques is a Partner at Cota Capital, a multi-stage investment firm focused on modern enterprise technology companies, where he focuses on FinTech investments. Prior to Cota, Kevin led Visa's Corporate Venture unit and Intuit's M&A and Investment team. Earlier in his career, Kevin was a partner at Palomar Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds, the CEO of GlobeRanger, and a Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.
Cota Capital is a technology investment firm that partners with exceptional teams to build and grow timeless companies.
Advisor
2012
Online service providing free, fast, and automatic parcel shipping audits and refunds
Vice President & Head of Visa Ventures
2017 - 2021
Global Head of Visa Ventures. - Fintech Innovation & VC Network: Built Visa's Fintech Fund engagement program - Strategic Investments: Team has completed 30+ strategic investments. - Executive Engagement: Driving sponsor centric process focused on accelerating Visa strategic priorities
Visa Research conducts applied research on the most challenging problems in the payment industry.
Corporate Strategy & Development
2011 - 2017
Corporate venture & LP investments, acquisitions, and business strategy for several Intuit businesses. Led team which completed 30 acquisitions, 7 divestitures, 11 fund investments and numerous corporate venture investments over 6 years.
Intuit Turbo is an app to get financial reports and financial advice.
Partner
2006 - 2011
CEO
2006 - 2006
Venture backed RFID software / middleware company
GlobeRanger is a RFID edgeware solution provider that enables companies to harness data to improve business processes.
Raised $28,900,000.00 from Sevin Rosen Funds and CenterPoint Venture Partners.
Partner
2000 - 2006
Dir. of Corporate & Product Development
1998 - 2000
Online software reseller serving consumer, business, government, and software OEM customers.
Nexxt is a recruitment media company.
Case Leader, Consultant
1995 - 1998
BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.
Associate
1990 - 1993
BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.