# Jed Katz

> Jed Katz is a Series A investor at Javelin Venture Partners backing Software and B2B. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Javelin Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/javelin-venture-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jedkatz
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/JedKatz

Jed Katz is a Series A investor at Javelin Venture Partners in San Francisco focused on Software and B2B. Jed Katz is the Managing Director at Javelin Venture Partners.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 9% |
| B2B | 2 | 6% |
| SaaS | 2 | 6% |
| Retail | 2 | 6% |
| Fitness | 2 | 6% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 11 | 31% |
| Seed | 6 | 17% |
| Series B | 5 | 14% |
| Series C | 4 | 11% |
| Series D | 3 | 9% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Decile Group | The Decile Group develops industry-leading offerings to transform venture capital into an ethical force for good in the world, including VC Lab, Decile Hub, Decile Partners and Decile Capital. | $14M | Seed | Jul 11, 2025 |  |
| Arrive Recommerce | Arrive Recommerce is leading the resale market with a profitable, sustainable and scalable branded resale channel. Returns to Recommerce™ focuses on turning a cost center into a profit center by helping brands and retailers divert products such as non-new returns, excess inventory, and damaged inventory into a fully-branded revenue generatingresale channel. Arrive’s Recommence Management Technology, Recommerce Storefront Technology and Analytical Tools allow brands to drive more revenue, more customers and improve operational efficiency. Arrive collaborates with companies in adjacent verticals such as returns management, logistics, and ecommerce enablement to increase margin and value for our brands. Arrive was named the 4th Most Innovative Retail Company by Fast Company in 2022. Notable partners include brands like YETI and Burton Snowboards. | $16M | Series A | Jul 17, 2023 |  |
| Fello | Empowering Businesses of all Sizes with Data-Driven Intelligence |  | Debt Financing | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| Fello | Empowering Businesses of all Sizes with Data-Driven Intelligence | $25M | Series A | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| Fello | Empowering Businesses of all Sizes with Data-Driven Intelligence | $25M |  | Jun 25, 2022 |  |
| Landed | Landed improves the hiring process for hourly employers and job applicants. | $7M | Seed | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| SmartAsset | SmartAsset is an online destination for consumer-focused financial information and advice that powers SmartAdvisor, a national marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors. Reaching approximately 75 million people each month (as of Sept. 2021) through its educational content and personalized calculators and tools, SmartAsset’s mission isto help people make smart financial decisions. Ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in 2021, SmartAsset recently closed a $110 million Series D round, valuing the company at over $1 billion. SmartAsset was also named to Y Combinator’s list of Top 100 Companies of all time, 2021 Best Financial Planning Technology Company in New York by Wealth & Finance International, and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startup Employers in 2020. | $110M | Series D | Jun 24, 2021 |  |
| Homeward | Homeward enables agents to let customers buy the home they want using an all-cash offer, and then sell their current property at full market value. The company is expanding in Texas, Georgia and Colorado, with plans to offer its solution to agents and home buyers nationwide. | $136M | Series B | May 27, 2021 |  |
| Homeward | Homeward enables agents to let customers buy the home they want using an all-cash offer, and then sell their current property at full market value. The company is expanding in Texas, Georgia and Colorado, with plans to offer its solution to agents and home buyers nationwide. | $20M | Series A | May 14, 2020 |  |
| SmartAsset | SmartAsset is an online destination for consumer-focused financial information and advice that powers SmartAdvisor, a national marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors. Reaching approximately 75 million people each month (as of Sept. 2021) through its educational content and personalized calculators and tools, SmartAsset’s mission isto help people make smart financial decisions. Ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in 2021, SmartAsset recently closed a $110 million Series D round, valuing the company at over $1 billion. SmartAsset was also named to Y Combinator’s list of Top 100 Companies of all time, 2021 Best Financial Planning Technology Company in New York by Wealth & Finance International, and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startup Employers in 2020. | $28M | Series C | Jun 19, 2018 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [August Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/august-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Contour Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contour-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Frontier Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dfj-frontier) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Quest Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quest-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [TTV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ttv-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Javelin Venture Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Javelin Venture Partners invests in early-stage tech companies with incredible potential, managed by teams of energetic, trustworthy, and capable leaders. Javelin looks for advanced bleeding-edge innovations, where the addressable market size is substantial, and strong competitive advantages exist. A typical investment is between $1 to $6million, with reserves for follow-on investments. In addition, Javelin also considers smaller seed investments for unique companies just getting started. Located in downtown San Francisco, while invests throughout the world. Javelin is a very active investor with a long-term outlook and the objective of creating substantial value.

5 contacts available at Javelin Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Galvin | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-galvin |
| Jed Katz | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jed-katz |
| Monica Lenk | Executive Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monica-lenk |
| Noah Doyle | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/noah-doyle |
| Sandy VandenBossche | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandy-d-hawkins |

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## FAQ

### What does Jed Katz invest in?

Jed Katz invests primarily in Software, B2B and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 35 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 Jed Katz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jed Katz closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 35 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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