# Jacob Shea

> Jacob Shea is a Series A investor at Structure Capital (San Francisco) backing SaaS and Military. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Structure Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/structure-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobshea/

Jacob Shea is a Series A investor at Structure Capital in San Francisco focused on SaaS and Military. Jacob Shea has spent his career focused on the interchange of technology, marketing, and business. Coming from a software architecture background, he has played leadership roles in technology and marketing advisory roles for a variety of companies from digital agencies to startup businesses to some of the largest global brands. He currently is anadvisor and consultant to brands and early growth-stage companies, including a Director and Entrepreneur in House for Structure Capital.With 20 years of software architecture and product development, and 15 years of managing teams, Jacob understands what it truly takes to create, deploy and maintain solutions using technology.Jacob was previously EVP of Technology and General Manager for JHG (Acquired by GA Communication Group) Digital Agency, where he led Development ninjas, Creative wizards, Analytic dorks, and Producer bosses, which drove integrated marketing, eCommerce, and technology development for their brands. He co-founded the agency in 2006 which sold in 2010, while previously coming from Dell Computers, where he served as a programmer, program analyst, and a technology and product advisor for 10 years.Jacob held / holds technology, product, management and consulting positions at companies including Dell Computers, FanVision, Qualcomm, NFL, and Pixar. Today he advises brands and startups on Digital strategy, marketing, execution and software architecture, with his extended network of partners and agencies, he’s able to reach out to the best resources to get the job done, thus putting the best "Digital Boss" within a project. Specialties: Software Architecture, Strategic Planning, Brand Strategy & Positioning, Integrated Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Product Marketing, Digital Strategy, Media Planning, Product Design, Usability, Startup Growth, Funding.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Military | 1 | 25% |
| Security | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |
| Biometrics | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Biofire | Biofire is building the future of firearms. The Biofire Smart Gun is designed around state-of-the-art biometrics, creating a handgun that instantly unlocks for the authorized users and remains locked for all others. Through a vertically-integrated, full-stack, broad reimagining of the firearm industry, Biofire is enhancing gun safety whilepreserving privacy and civil liberties. For more information visit smartgun.com or contact press@biofire.io for media inquiries or ir@biofire.io for investor inquiries. | $15.2M | Series A | Nov 07, 2022 |  |
| Copia | Every day in America, they waste 3X more food than there are mouths to feed. It is not a lack of food that is the issue, but rather an ineffective distribution of that food. Hunger is not a scarcity problem, it's a logistics problem. For the first time ever, they can effectively donate prepared and highly perishable food to those who need itwhen they need it most. Copia is a for-profit company that has built technology allowing food donors (e.g., food management companies like corporate cafeterias, universities, hospitals, grocers, caterers etc.) to easily request pickups of their surplus food, have it matched, and safely delivered to non-profits in need. With Copia, partnering businesses can now seamlessly access significant tax savings, dramatically reduce food waste through data and analytics on surplus, and remove CO2 from the atmosphere, all while feeding the neediest in their community.We have saved nearly 5M pounds of edible food from ending up in the landfills and provided savings of over $14M for the businesses and nonprofits we serve. We operate nationwide and are on our way to feeding over 4 million people with great food that would have otherwise been wasted! | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 15, 2019 |  |
| CareGuide | CareGuide is a family of online services and our mission is simple: pair families and individuals with great care providers. With thousands of user profiles, you'll be able to find the best care provider for you, in your area, in just about any industry. | $6M | Series A | Jun 21, 2018 |  |
| Copia | Every day in America, they waste 3X more food than there are mouths to feed. It is not a lack of food that is the issue, but rather an ineffective distribution of that food. Hunger is not a scarcity problem, it's a logistics problem. For the first time ever, they can effectively donate prepared and highly perishable food to those who need itwhen they need it most. Copia is a for-profit company that has built technology allowing food donors (e.g., food management companies like corporate cafeterias, universities, hospitals, grocers, caterers etc.) to easily request pickups of their surplus food, have it matched, and safely delivered to non-profits in need. With Copia, partnering businesses can now seamlessly access significant tax savings, dramatically reduce food waste through data and analytics on surplus, and remove CO2 from the atmosphere, all while feeding the neediest in their community.We have saved nearly 5M pounds of edible food from ending up in the landfills and provided savings of over $14M for the businesses and nonprofits we serve. We operate nationwide and are on our way to feeding over 4 million people with great food that would have otherwise been wasted! | $3.1M | Seed | Mar 22, 2016 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10X Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alps Investing Holdings LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alps-investing-holdings-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Break Trail Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/break-trail-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cathexis Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathexis) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Structure Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Structure Capital help passionate teams build great companies by investing seed-stage capital, time, experience and relationships. Building a valuable company is hard—They've done it—they can help you do it too. They love helping entrepreneurs reach their dreams.They focus on companies that create a new market or new set of buyers byexploiting, capitalizing and profiting on under-utilized assets and excess capacity. Assets might include cars, houses, planes, airports, time, skills, knowledge, storage, transport, office space, hotel rooms, event space, personal property, and much, much more. they also like service and solutions companies that support these types of companies. As a team, they've invested at the early stage of many Unicorns, including Salesforce.com, Uber, Tesla, Facebook, Google and more. They're proud to be first round investors in Uber which is a Structure Capital portfolio company. 10 of their current portfolio have raised next round financing within 12 months of their round.

3 contacts available at Structure Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jacob Shea | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacob-shea |
| Jillian Manus | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jillian-manus |
| Mike Walsh | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-walsh |

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## FAQ

### What does Jacob Shea invest in?

Jacob Shea invests primarily in SaaS, Military and Security startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Jacob Shea last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jacob Shea closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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