TJ

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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)

  • 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

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