Jake Bright
Venture Partner @ Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund
New York, United States
Jake Bright is a startup investor at Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund in New York. Jake Bright works in tech, VC, and mobility. He is the Director of Communications and Investor Relations at ECM PCB Stator Technology—a U.S. startup that designs optimized electric motors for multiple applications. He is also a Venture Partner at Fast Forward, an Africa focused venture studio and seed-fund. Bright’s experience spans engagementsin government, finance, academia, startups, and business media. He was a speechwriter in Washington, DC and a bank officer on Wall Street. Bright was also a contributing writer and advisor at TechCrunch, where he spearheaded consistent Africa coverage and co-produced the first Startup Battlefield competitions in Africa. His first book, The Next Africa, won the Axiom Best Business Book award for International Business and Globalization. A lifelong motorcyclist, Bright has written and advised on the future of high performance motorsport and the electrification of motorcycles. He is an avid fan of music and outdoor sports and competes recreationally in running, open water swimming, and alpine skiing.
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Fast Forward is a venture studio—and early-stage fund—that builds and backs companies to unlock prosperity in Africa through technology. Fast Forward’s venture studio selects up to 10 ideas and founding teams annually—with priority on platform and infrastructure plays—in sectors including (but not limited to) B2B, Fintech, eCommerce, Edtech,Healthcare, Logistics, Deep Tech, SaaS, Future of Work, and Blockchain. Fast Forward recruits dynamic entrepreneurs advancing concepts we believe will fast track to scale to at least 10M people and achieve >$10m ARR value in 3-5 years. As a fund, Fast Forward invests pro rata in future rounds of venture studio companies and makes select investments in pre-seed African startups. At Fast Forward, we put startup founders first. African entrepreneurs founding successful tech companies offer huge potential for exponential impact across the continent. African founders have the ability to scale business and social solutions, modernize economies, improve day to day lives and create jobs and upward mobility. Africa’s founder class can also bring additional benefits to the continent through philanthropy and positive political reform.
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Jake Bright
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