# Jake Bright

> Jake Bright is a startup investor at Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fastforward-fund)
- Location: New York, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-bright-8987a8
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/JakeRBright

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Jake Bright: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/jake-bright?utm_source=investor_profile

## About Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund

VC Fund · Austin, United States

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.

3 contacts available at Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Omolara Awoyemi | Co-Founder and Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omolara-awoyemi |
| Opeyemi Awoyemi | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opeyemi-awoyemi |
| Jake Bright | Venture Partner | — |

## FAQ

### How do I contact Jake Bright?

Public channels for Jake Bright include LinkedIn and X (Twitter). For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co