Luke Skertich
Principal at New Stack Ventures
Chicago, Illinois
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2024 - Current
New Stack leads early seed stage (angel, pre-seed, seed) B2B SaaS rounds with an emphasis on Fintech, Healthcare, and Legacy Industries.
Principal
2020 - 2024
FJ Labs is a venture capital firm based in New York that invests globally in online marketplace startups.
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
MBA Associate
2020 - 2020
VC focused on Midwest-headquartered early-stage startups.
M25 is the most active early-stage VC firm investing in Midwest headquartered startups (14 states, 100+ companies) across most industries
Product Manager
2018 - 2020
Yello helps top employers manage their recruitment process to source and engage qualified and diverse early-career candidates.
Yello's leading talent acquisition software is used by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth businesses to attract and nurture top talent
Raised $89,354,759.00 from JMI Equity and First Analysis.
Product Manager
2016 - 2018
Eved is a global payment partner for Events, Media, and Entertainment that automates and centralizes the processing of invoices and payments with a single workflow.
Global AP & Payments Platform for Events, Media and Entertainment.
Raised $25,501,619.00 from Huizenga Capital Management, Merrick Ventures, MK Capital and Pritzker Group Venture Capital.
Associate Product Manager
2014 - 2016
bswift is a B2B2C benefit enrollment platform (acquired by Aetna for $400M).
Bswift is a cloud-based technology that streamlines all aspects of benefits, HR, and payroll administration.
Raised $51,044,694.00 from Sixth Street Specialty Lending.