# Brent Jones

> Brent Jones is a funding round investor at Northgate Capital backing Sports and Internet. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Northgate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northgate-capital)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2008
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-jones-8569341

Brent Jones is a funding round investor at Northgate Capital focused on Sports and Internet. Mr. Jones has served as a Managing Director of Northgate since its inception. He has participated as a private equity investor in several private company financings that have led to successful acquisitions or public offerings, including VA Linux, Assured Access, nVidia, Netro, Rightworks, and Verisity. Prior to co-founding Northgate, Mr. Jonesplayed 12 years in the National Football League, 11 with the San Francisco Forty-Niners. A four-time All-Pro performer and three-time Super Bowl champion, he received the San Francisco Forty-Niners' NFL Man of the Year award in 1997. He was also the NFL's Bart Starr Award recipient in 1998, which is given annually to the NFL player who most exemplifies outstanding character in the home, on the field, and in the community. Still active with the NFL, Mr. Jones currently provides occasional football broadcasts on CBS. He currently serves on the Board of Regents of the University of Santa Clara and on the Board of Directors of the San Jose Sharks, a team in the National Hockey League.Mr. Jones holds a B.S. degree in Economics from the University of Santa Clara.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Lifestyle | 1 | 100% |
| Journalism | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vox Media | Vox Media is a media company that creates, publishes, and distributes online content, and connects young adults worldwide. It offers SB Nation, an online sports media brand and network of individual fan-centric sports communities, The Verge, a technology publication, Polygon, a publication for adult gamers, Vox.com, an interest news site, Eater,food and dining publication, Racked, a shopping, beauty, and fashion publication, Curbed, a real estate and home brand publication, and Re/code, a tech business publication. Vox Media also operates Vox Creative, a division that creates marketing stories for brands. It also offers advertising services via Vox Advertising, and through an advertising solution Concert. Markos Moulitsas, Joshua Topolsky, Jerome Armstrong, and Tyler Bleszinski founded Sportsblogs on July 14, 2003 that became Vox Media in 2012. Its headquarters is in the District of Columbia with additional offices in New York City. |  |  | Oct 27, 2008 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Allen & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-and-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Northgate Capital

VC Fund · Danville, United States

Founded in 2000, Northgate Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm with investment offices in San Francisco and London, and an affiliate office in Mexico City. Collectively, the firm manages $4.8Bn in AuM and employs 50+ investment and finance professionals across its global locations. Northgate’s investment programs focus onventure capital – Fund-of-Funds and Direct – with additional programs in private equity – global small market Fund-of-Funds, Mexico growth equity and mezzanine finance.

5 contacts available at Northgate Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Allan Chou | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allan-chou |
| Brent Jones | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brent-jones |
| Casey Gordon | Interim Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/casey-gordon |
| Jean Acuna Ruiz | Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-acuna-ruiz |
| Luciana Castro | VP of Investor Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luciana-castro |

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## FAQ

### What does Brent Jones invest in?

Brent Jones invests primarily in Sports, Internet and Lifestyle startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brent Jones last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brent Jones closed in Oct 2008. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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