Todd Jackson
Partner at First Round Capital
Todd Jackson
Partner at First Round Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
Supporting early-stage founders building amazing products. I love investing in "power tools" — complex under the hood but simple and powerful to the user. Developer Tools, Data Tools, Design Tools, Infrastructure, AI/ML, etc.
Founder in Residence
2018 - 2020
First Round Angel Track is a community of operators and founders looking to develop their skills and identities as early-stage investors.
Angel Investor
2015 - 2019
I was fortunate to angel invest in over 50 amazing companies across SaaS/DevTools/Consumer/Health, where I was compelled by the founder's product insights. Most were the first round of funding for the company. SaaS: - Vanta (https://www.vanta.com/) - Material Security (https://material.security/) - WorkOS (https://workos.com/) - Rutter API (https://www.rutterapi.com/) - Almanac (https://almanac.io/) - Air (https://air.inc/) Consumer / Marketplaces: - Snackpass (https://www.snackpass.co/) - Good Dog (https://www.gooddog.com/) - Aalto Homes (https://aalto.com) - X1 Card (https://x1creditcard.com/ - acq. by Robinhood) - Locker Room (acq. by Spotify) Health: - Alma (https://helloalma.com/) - Rupa Health (https://www.rupahealth.com/) - Modern Animal (https://www.modernanimal.com/) Web3: - Snapshot.org (https://snapshot.org/) - Dapper Labs (https://www.dapperlabs.com/)
VP Product & Design
2015 - 2018
I led Dropbox's wonderful team of Product Managers, Product Analysts, Product Designers, Brand Designers, Researchers, and Writers. During my time on the executive team, I helped steer Dropbox from a consumer-focused startup into a high-growth SaaS company and a successful IPO.
Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.
Raised $1,709,215,000.00 from JP Morgan Chase, RBC Capital, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Group, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Partners.
Director of Product Management
2014 - 2015
I led a talented group of Product Managers working on Content & Discovery at Twitter. The C&D team's goal is to build new products to better organize Twitter's content. The Content & Discovery team includes Twitter's Home Timeline, Search, Trends, Cards, Geo, Content Recommendations (digest emails, push notifications, related tweets, etc.), the Logged Out Homepage, and Project Lightning (launching fall 2015). See some of our recent projects and launches linked below.
X is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read microblogs.
Raised $12,869,191,511.00 from Greenlight Capital, Binance, Litani Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar Holding, The Lawrence J. Ellison Revocable Trust, Fidelity, Alwaleed Bin Talal, Sequoia Capital and Vy Capital.
Co-founder and CEO
2013 - 2014
Cover is a smart lockscreen for Android -- it's the fastest way to get to the right apps at the right time. We're pushing the boundaries of what's possible on Android. Follow us on Twitter (@coverscreen) or learn more at www.coverscreen.com.
Product Manager: Newsfeed & Photos
2011 - 2012
* PM for Newsfeed, Photos and Groups * Helped lead major redesign of Newsfeed (launched in 2013 after I left)
Stay N' Alive Productions, LLC is a social media marketing firm that provides clients with measurable profits.
Group Product Manager: Gmail
2004 - 2011
* Product Lead for Gmail from 2007-2011 * Founders Award Recipient for Gmail (Google's highest award) * Led Major Gmail Launches: Video chat, Voice calling, Themes, Gmail Labs, Priority Inbox, Buzz, Offline Gmail, Tasks, Labels/Folders redesign, Contact Importer, Fast attachment viewer, Undo send, etc. * Helped grow Gmail user base by 10X during my 3.5 years on the project * Prior to Gmail, worked on Google Checkout and Orkut
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.
Education
Master of Science (MS)
2000 - 2004
Bachelor of Science (BS)
2000 - 2004