Jay Eum
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ GFT Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Jay Eum is a seed investor at GFT Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and Mobile. Jay Eum is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of GFT Ventures.
- Total investments:
- 34
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 12%
Last updated:
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Industries Jay Eum invests in
Stages Jay Eum invests in
Countries Jay Eum invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $71k–$12M
- Series A
- $2M–$24M
- Series B
- $7M–$40M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (26%)
- Mobile 7 (21%)
- Analytics 4 (12%)
- Enterprise Software 3 (9%)
- iOS 2 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (29%)
- Series A 7 (21%)
- Series B 5 (15%)
- Series C 4 (12%)
- Funding Round 3 (9%)
Country
- United States 22 (65%)
- South Korea 3 (9%)
- Israel 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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TextQL
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TextQL is a platform that simplifies the data-to-insight process for organizations. The platform indexes BI tools and semantic layers, documents data in dbt, and uses OpenAI and language models to provide self-serve power analytics. With TextQL, non-technical users can easily and quickly work with data by asking questions in their work context(Slack/Teams/email) and getting automated answers quickly and safely. The platform also leverages NLP and semantic layers, including the dbt Labs semantic layer, to ensure reasonable solutions. TextQL's elegant handoffs to human analysts, when required, dramatically simplify the whole question-to-answer process with AI. | $17M / Apr 17, 2026 | |
Abacus
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Abacus is an AI powered knowledge management platform for financial services and regulated industries with on-prem generative AI models. | $5M / Series A / Nov 08, 2025 | |
Bria
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Bria is a Computer Software company. | $40M / Series B / Mar 13, 2025 | |
Anyware Robotics
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Anyware Robotics offers AI-powered mobile robots that autonomously unload boxes in containers and trucks. | $12M / Seed / Mar 13, 2025 | |
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Bria
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Bria is a Computer Software company. | $24M / Series A / Feb 21, 2024 | |
boam.ai
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The world’s first Restaurant Intelligence Platform - built specifically for the food vertical - with cutting-edge AI, unrivaled proprietary data, and deep industry expertise. On a mission to revolutionize B2B relationships with data & AI — so every potential partner can feel truly understood. Start smarter, today. | $1.6M / Seed / Dec 01, 2022 | |
Opaper
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Opaper offers solutions to automate the operational processes of restaurants and cafes, from receiving and making orders to eating on the spot, taking, or sending them. Clients can save operational expenses and optimize existing human resources by utilizing Opaper's operational system. Clients can use Opaper to increase sales, streamlinebusiness operations, and gain more loyal customers. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Mar 10, 2022 | |
Quantstamp
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Quantstamp is a leading blockchain security company specializing in ensuring the reliability and integrity of blockchain ecosystems. The company provides a range of security services, including comprehensive audits, protocol testing, and vulnerability assessments. Additi | $3.1M / Seed / Mar 06, 2019 | |
nWay
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nWay was founded in 2011 with the goal of creating fun console-quality multiplayer games for both the web and mobile platforms. All of nWay’s games will be free-to-play and will feature synchronous multiplayer gameplay. The company is led by gaming and startup veterans and is based in San Francisco.The company is currently working on its firsttitle, ChronoBlade, a free-to-play Action RPG game for the web and mobile platforms. Play the beta at www.chronoblade.com. | $11M / Series B / Dec 13, 2017 | |
SquareTwo
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SquareTwo is a mobile games publisher that creates simple yet compelling games where points have real value, leveraging their own Media and Rewards platform. Their initial title verydice has a simple game loop that compels users to share, engage and redeem points for actual goods.Founded in 2016, the team experimented with retention andmonetization around simple game play dynamics. By mid 2017, they had launched their first title on iOS, verydice, and were able to generate monthly profit. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $2M / Seed / Dec 01, 2017 | |
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Co-Investors
About GFT Ventures
GFT Ventures is an early-stage frontier technology-focused VC firm investing primarily in the US and Israel. We invest in category-leading startups developing disruptive technologies that solve the world's hardest problems. We add value to our portfolio companies by relying on our extensive experience, track record, and our globalrelationships with early adopter partners and customers.
GFT Ventures Contacts
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Jeff Herbst
Managing Partner
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Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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FAQ
What does Jay Eum invest in?
Jay Eum invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.
What is Jay Eum's check size?
Jay Eum typically joins rounds of $71k–$12M at Seed, $2M–$24M at Series A and $7M–$40M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jay Eum participates in.
When did Jay Eum last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jay Eum closed in Apr 2026. 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.
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.
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