# Jacob Gaffney

> Jacob Gaffney is a seed investor in Cincinnati backing Music, Racing and Travel. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Cincinnati, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jt-gaffney-39b1ba1a2
- Website: https://www.gaffneythompsonenterprises.us

Jacob Gaffney is a seed investor in Cincinnati focused on Music and Racing. Jacob T. Gaffney (born March 10, 2004) is an American businessman and financier. He is the owner and former Chief Executive Officer of G.T. Enterprises, a private investment group based in Cincinnati, Ohio. During his time in the Chief Executive position, he only reported financial losses of 393,000USD and kept the company’s debt capacity below1,500,000USD. As of 2025, he is still recognized by Najafi Companies’ investment group as an individual investment partner.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 20% |
| Racing | 1 | 20% |
| Travel | 1 | 20% |
| Outdoors | 1 | 20% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 20% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| G.T. Enterprises, Inc. | G.B. Capital is an American private-equity firm founded by Jacob T. Gaffney and Conlan Thompson. It is based in Northern-Kentucky, USA and invests in the industries of real estate, music, travel, entertainment, thoroughbred racing, and outdoors. | $2.8M | Series B | Mar 31, 2024 |  |
| G.T. Enterprises, Inc. | G.B. Capital is an American private-equity firm founded by Jacob T. Gaffney and Conlan Thompson. It is based in Northern-Kentucky, USA and invests in the industries of real estate, music, travel, entertainment, thoroughbred racing, and outdoors. | $580K |  | Dec 11, 2023 |  |
| G.T. Enterprises, Inc. | G.B. Capital is an American private-equity firm founded by Jacob T. Gaffney and Conlan Thompson. It is based in Northern-Kentucky, USA and invests in the industries of real estate, music, travel, entertainment, thoroughbred racing, and outdoors. | $1.6M | Seed | Apr 28, 2023 |  |
| G.T. Enterprises, Inc. | G.B. Capital is an American private-equity firm founded by Jacob T. Gaffney and Conlan Thompson. It is based in Northern-Kentucky, USA and invests in the industries of real estate, music, travel, entertainment, thoroughbred racing, and outdoors. | $38.5K | Private Equity | Dec 29, 2022 |  |
| G.T. Enterprises, Inc. | G.B. Capital is an American private-equity firm founded by Jacob T. Gaffney and Conlan Thompson. It is based in Northern-Kentucky, USA and invests in the industries of real estate, music, travel, entertainment, thoroughbred racing, and outdoors. | $24K |  | Aug 10, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Jacob Gaffney invest in?

Jacob Gaffney invests primarily in Music, Racing and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jacob Gaffney last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jacob Gaffney closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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