# Jason McDowall

> Jason McDowall is a seed investor at Ostendo Technologies backing Advertising and Search Engine. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ostendo Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ostendo-technologies)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2008
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmcdowall
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mcdowall

Jason McDowall is a seed investor at Ostendo Technologies in Los Angeles focused on Advertising and Search Engine. Jason is the creator and host of the #1 podcast focused on augmented reality, The AR Show. He’s also the VP/ Head of Visual Experience Software and AR Evangelist at Ostendo, which is focused on addressing a fundamental challenge of AR smartglasses: the underlying visual engine. Jason invests in early stage companies at Method Ventures.Previously Jason was a serial entrepreneur - first in mobile, later in AI-assisted CRM. He also spent several years at Salesforce.com and served as an officer in the US Air Force.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Advertising | 1 | 100% |
| Search Engine | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bahamaslocal.com | BahamasLocal.com is an online information resource for The Bahamas. We include information pertaining to local businesses, news, classifieds, movie listings, jobs & events.We provide all types of Bahamian businesses with affordable advertising that include measurable results with money back performance guarantees.BahamasLocal.com is oneof the largest and most frequently accessed Bahamian-owned websites. In the three years since formally coming online, we have received rave reviews throughout the internet community both here and abroad. We pride ourselves in being one of the most innovative information resources in the Bahamas.BahamasLocal.com is the ONLY company in the Bahamas that can give you TRUE statistic on your advertising campaign | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2008 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Ostendo Technologies

VC Fund · Carlsbad, United States

Ostendo Technologies develops solid-state lighting (SSL) based display technologies and products for commercial, consumer, and government markets. Ostendo Technologies was founded in 2005 and is based in Carlsbad, California.

5 contacts available at Ostendo Technologies.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Armagan Ergun | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/armagan-ergun |
| Babak Cyrus Razi | Chief Strategy Officer & Board member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/babak-cyrus-razi |
| Hussein S. El Ghoroury | Chairman & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hussein-s-el-ghoroury |
| Jason McDowall | VP Product and Head of Visual Experience | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-mcdowall |
| Jim Hartman | VP Semiconductor Opertions | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-hartman |

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## FAQ

### What does Jason McDowall invest in?

Jason McDowall invests primarily in Advertising and Search Engine startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Bahamas. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jason McDowall last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jason McDowall closed in Jan 2008. Shizune tracks 1 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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