Jesse is a General Partner at Flybridge, a seed fund based in NYC and Boston that invests in ambitious founders leveraging the power of community. We believe community-driven companies harness the power of a highly engaged, connected, and passionate ecosystem of members to drive adoption, growth, and success. Jesse focuses on consumer and B2B companies building in the future of work, the creator economy, and membership platforms. Prior to joining Flybridge, Jesse was an early executive and founding team member at WeWork, and co-founded WeWork Labs. Jesse was also an active angel investor before turning to venture full time and now has a portfolio of 30+ companies including Chief, Commsor, Imperfect Foods, JackPocket, LaunchHouse, Ohi, Splice, Squire, and Teal. Jesse is also the co-founder of The Community Fund, an operator-led micro-fund investing in underestimated founders across the globe.

Jesse invests across a number of industries but has a focus on founders focused on leveraging community to drive stronger growth, better retention, and a more authentic connection between their brands and users. His thematic investment strategy spans across the future of work, the urban millennial, the creator economy, membership platforms, and social/commerce communities.

Chief, Commsor, Imperfect Foods, JackPocket, LaunchHouse, Ohi, Splice, Squire, Teal

Jesse is often terrible at cold emails but cold DMs, on almost any platform, is a much more effective way of connecting with him.