# Jason Mendelson

> Jason Mendelson is a Series A investor at Foundry Group (Boulder) backing Software and Mobile. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundry-group)
- Location: Boulder, United States
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 47%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmendelson
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jasonmendelson
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jason.mendelson

Jason Mendelson is a co-founder of Foundry Group and has over a decade of experience in the venture capital and technology industries in a multitude of investing, operational and engineering roles.Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, Jason was a Managing Director and General Counsel for Mobius Venture Capital, where he also acted as its chiefadministrative partner overseeing all operations of the firm and before that Jason was an attorney with Cooley Godward Kronish LLP.In addition to serving on Urban Airship’s board of directors he also serves on the board of directors of Brightleaf, Next Big Sound, Oblong, Occipital, OpenSpace, Sifteo and Sympoz for Foundry Group.Jason holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, with distinction and a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Michigan.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 18% |
| Mobile | 4 | 12% |
| Fashion | 2 | 6% |
| Hardware | 2 | 6% |
| Robotics | 2 | 6% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 15% |
| Series B | 5 | 15% |
| Series C | 4 | 12% |
| Seed | 3 | 9% |
| Series D | 1 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Honest Jobs | Honest Jobs helps people with criminal records find employment. Honest Jobs is the nation's largest fair-chance employment platform. Founded in 2018, the company operates in Columbus, Ohio, United States. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 11, 2022 |  |
| TeamSnap | TeamSnap develops a sports management platform designed to simplify communication and coordination between sports members. The platform assists sports coaches, administrators, players, and parents to keep a track of rosters, schedules, games, availability, statistics, and make payments, enabling users to play seamlessly and focus on their game. | $5.5M | Convertible Note | Jun 08, 2020 |  |
| Backbone PLM | Backbone’s modern, cloud-based, easy-to-use product development platform is helping fashion brands and design agencies make products smarter, faster, and at scale. | $10M | Series A | Aug 05, 2019 |  |
| Backbone PLM | Backbone’s modern, cloud-based, easy-to-use product development platform is helping fashion brands and design agencies make products smarter, faster, and at scale. | $10M | Series A | Aug 05, 2019 |  |
| Airship | Airship creates deeper connections with customers by delivering incredibly relevant, orchestrated messages on any channel. Marketing and digital experience teams at thousands of the world’s most admired companies rely on Airship’s Customer Engagement Platform to create deeper connections with customers by delivering incredibly relevant,orchestrated messages on any channel. Founded in 2009 as a pioneer in push notifications, Airship now gives brands the user-level data, engagement channels, AI orchestration and services they need to deliver push notifications, emails, SMS, in-app messages, mobile wallet cards, and more to exactly the right person in exactly the right moment — building trust, boosting engagement, driving action and growing value. | $25M | Series F | Jun 20, 2018 |  |
| Chowbotics by DoorDash | The company aims to use robots to solve several problems in the foodservice industry including compromised cleanliness and inefficiency. It targets cafeterias, restaurants, and hotels. Sally's proprietary technology dispenses measured quantities of more than 20 ingredients – refreshed daily – to create a ready-to-eat meal any time of day. Thetechnology, with several patents pending, is also applicable to other cuisines, such as Mexican and Indian, and respective robots will follow.Deepak Sekar founded Chowbotics in 2014 in Hayward, California. | $11M | Series A | Jun 13, 2018 |  |
| Chowbotics by DoorDash | The company aims to use robots to solve several problems in the foodservice industry including compromised cleanliness and inefficiency. It targets cafeterias, restaurants, and hotels. Sally's proprietary technology dispenses measured quantities of more than 20 ingredients – refreshed daily – to create a ready-to-eat meal any time of day. Thetechnology, with several patents pending, is also applicable to other cuisines, such as Mexican and Indian, and respective robots will follow.Deepak Sekar founded Chowbotics in 2014 in Hayward, California. | $11M | Series A | Jun 13, 2018 |  |
| Occipital | Occipital is equal parts science lab and software startup that develops mobile computer vision applications. Occipital is venture-funded, was backed by Techstars in 2008, and is also known for developing RedLaser, a barcode-scanning application that was acquired by eBay Inc. In 2010, the company reinvented panoramas with 360 Panorama, an app thatmakes 360-degree image capture as simple and fast as recording a video clip. In 2013 we launched Structure Sensor, the first 3D sensor for mobile devices. Structure Sensor went on to become the 6th highest funded technology project in Kickstarter history, is now available for purchase at structure.io, and comes with a powerful SDK featuring real-time tracking and mapping on iOS.It was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | $15.1M | Series C | Jan 25, 2018 |  |
| Amper Music | Amper is an artificial intelligence composer, performer, and producer that creates unique music, tailored to any content, instantly. Using its proprietary sample library and datasets, their technology is built from the ground up with an emphasis on high-quality music through the fusion of music theory and AI innovation. The Amper Score enablesenterprise teams to compose custom music in seconds and reclaim the time spent searching through stock music. Amper’s mission is to enable anyone to express themselves creatively through music regardless of their musical background or expertise. Amper builds tools powered by their Creative AI to help people create and customize original music. | $4M | Seed | Feb 20, 2017 |  |
| Amper Music | Amper is an artificial intelligence composer, performer, and producer that creates unique music, tailored to any content, instantly. Using its proprietary sample library and datasets, their technology is built from the ground up with an emphasis on high-quality music through the fusion of music theory and AI innovation. The Amper Score enablesenterprise teams to compose custom music in seconds and reclaim the time spent searching through stock music. Amper’s mission is to enable anyone to express themselves creatively through music regardless of their musical background or expertise. Amper builds tools powered by their Creative AI to help people create and customize original music. | $4M | Seed | Feb 20, 2017 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundry-group) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundryvc) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [True Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Crawley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crawley-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Upslope Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galvanize) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Foundry Group

VC Fund · Boulder, United States

Foundry is a venture capital firm focused on providing early-stage technology investments. The firm was established in 2007 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States.

5 contacts available at Foundry Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jason Mendelson | Founding Partner & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-mendelson |
| Annie Heissenbuttel | Executive Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annie-heissenbuttel-94fb |
| Brad Feld | Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-feld |
| Chris Moody | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-moody |
| Colleen Clair | Executive Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colleen-clair |

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## FAQ

### What does Jason Mendelson invest in?

Jason Mendelson invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Fashion startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 34 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 Jason Mendelson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jason Mendelson closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 34 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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