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Kevin Jacques

Partner at Cota Capital

Cupertino, California

Overview 

Kevin Jacques is a Partner at Cota Capital in Cupertino, California, with a background in venture capital, corporate development, and private equity. He has held key roles at Visa Ventures as Vice President, served as CEO of GlobeRanger, and has made notable investments in companies like Jirav and Global Processing Services. With an MBA from The Wharton School and a BS from Stanford University, Kevin's career highlights include serving as Vice President at Visa Ventures and leading GlobeRanger as CEO, showcasing his expertise in corporate strategy, venture capital, and executive management.

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.

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