Jerry Lu

Jerry Lu

Maveron

About

Role

Principal

Type

Multi-stage VC

Bio

Jerry is a principal at Maveron, an early-stage consumer-only VC firm. Prior to Maveron, Jerry was at Advancit Capital, a media-focused investment fund investing in tech-enabled, consumer, and next-generation media companies. In addition to completing his MBA at Wharton, Jerry spent his time before becoming an investor as an operator, leading operations at Spate (a YC-backed startup using data to predict the next big consumer trends). He built his career as a data scientist at Google, where he helped to launch and grow YouTube’s first paid subscription businesses (YouTube Red, YouTube Music, YouTube TV).

About Investments

Jerry invests in interactive media platforms, tools, and content. He also invests in entrepreneurs building companies at the intersection of content, commerce and culture.

Investments

Stages

Pre-seed, Seed, Series A

Check Range

$1M-$5M

Geography

US/Canada

Leads Rounds

Prefers to

Investment Highlights

Allbirds, August Home, Capella Education, Common, General Assembly, Trupanion, Zulily, eBay

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