# Jason Downes

> Jason Downes is a seed investor at Frontier Ventures (London) backing Mobile and Social Media. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Frontier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frontier-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jasondownes

Jason Downes is a Consultant of International Finance Corporation. Previously, Jason Downes served as an Senior Investment Officer at International Finance Corporation for seven years. Previously, he co-founded and served as General Director and Chief Investment Officer at ru-Net Holdings for five years. Prior to joining ru-Net, he held seniorpositions in the investment banking divisions of United Financial Group, Renaissance Capital and Credit Lyonnais. Jason Downes has nearly 20 years of dedicated technology, media and telecom industry experience in venture capital, private equity and capital markets banking, primarily in Russia/CIS, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa. He serves as an Advisory Board Member of Frontier Ventures. He served on the Boards of Yandex, Ozon, and Vested Development Inc. Jason Downes graduated in Actuarial Science from City University, London (1986-1989).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kliqed | Kliqed Ltd. builds consumer mobile (and web) apps for the purposes of professional networking. Kliqed has built the LinkOut networking app, launched in London. |  | Seed |  |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Frontier Ventures

VC Fund · Cupertino, United States

Frontier Ventures invests in early stage Internet companies with network effects and connects them with global markets. The Frontier Ventures team is based in Silicon Valley (US) and makes investments globally.

4 contacts available at Frontier Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dmitry Alimov | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmitry-alimov |
| Jason Downes | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-downes |
| Igor Gorsky | CFO, Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/igor-gorsky |
| Oleg Tumanov | Venture partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oleg-tumanov |

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## FAQ

### What does Jason Downes invest in?

Jason Downes invests primarily in Mobile and Social Media startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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