Karl Jacob Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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58
- Portfolio
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16
- Exits
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41

Karl Jacob General Information
Description
Mr. Karl Jacob serves as the Managing Partner at Elixir Fund. He Co-Founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Hangtime. He served as an Advisor, Circle Member at Founders Circle Capital. Karl is a serial entrepreneur and has been building and advising companies for the last 18 years. He also worked as a manager at Sun Microsystems and an executive at Microsoft. In his career, Jacob raised over $200 million from prestigious investors like Amerindo, Microsoft, eBay, Integral Partners, Norwest Ventures, Bay Partners, Benchmark Capital, Deutsche Bank, Ignition Partners, Vulcan Ventures and others. He started four companies from no revenue to significant revenues or being acquired. One of his companies, Dimension X, was acquired by Microsoft in 1997; and another, Keen (now Ingenio), was acquired by AT&T in 2007. Companies with Jacob as CEO have generated over $300 million in returns to investors and over $150 million in revenue per year. He has received numerous awards, including being named one of BusinessWeek's top ten up-and-comers. Previously, he took Cloudmark from no revenue and $50,000 in investment to $16 million in investment and millions in revenue. Prior to this, Jacob joined Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence and was charged with creating the "next big thing," which ended up being Keen, where he was CEO and President until May of 2002. While at Keen, Jacob led the company to be credited as one of the fastest growing ecommerce companies in history and recognized by Fortune as a Cool Company. Karl has advised and been a board member at several companies including Facebook, Dimension X, Keen, Cloudmark, IMMI, Protector USA and REAL Kiteboarding. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from University of Southern California, where he sits on the school's board of counselors for the School of Engineering.
Contact Information
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Karl Jacob Investments (58)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Boomerang | 12-May-2022 | Seed Round | 00.00 | Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
00000000 | 04-Apr-2019 | 0000 00000 | Communication Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 | |
000 00 00000 | 13-Oct-2016 | 0000 00000 | 00.00 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
00000000000 | 27-Oct-2015 | 00000 (00000 | 000 | Automotive | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
0000000 | 10-Feb-2015 | 00000 (00000 | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Out of Business | 0000 00000 | |
000000 | 18-Sep-2014 | 0000 00000 | 000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
000000 | 16-Jul-2014 | 0000 00000 | 00000 | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
000000000000 0000 | 01-May-2014 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Electronics (B2C) | Out of Business | 0000 00000 |
Boostable | 23-Apr-2014 | Seed Round | 00.00 | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
Afterlive.tv | 13-Dec-2013 | Early Stage VC | 00000 | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 |
Karl Jacob Exits (41)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Pay By Group | 25-Jan-2022 | Merger/Acquisition | |
00000000 | 01-Aug-2021 | 000000000 00000000 | |
000 000000 | 01-May-2021 | 000000000 00000000 | |
000000 | 30-Mar-2021 | 000 00 00000000 | |
0000000 | 25-Mar-2021 | 000 00 00000000 | |
0000000 (000000000 | 01-Feb-2021 | 000000000 00000000 | |
00000000000 | 12-Nov-2020 | 000000000000000000 | 00000 |
00000000000 | 10-Jun-2019 | 0000000000 | |
Boost Media | 24-Apr-2019 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Decisive | 01-Mar-2018 | Out of Business |
Karl Jacob Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Karl Jacob Team (1)
Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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Karl Jacob | Angel Investor | 00 | San Francisco, CA |
Karl Jacob Co-Investors (26)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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GGV Capital | 1 | 0 |
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Lalit Singh | 0 | 0 |
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Relay Ventures | 0 | 0 |
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Right Side Capital Management | 0 | 0 |
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TiE Silicon Valley | 0 | 0 |
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