# Jed York

> Jed York is a seed investor in Santa Clara backing SaaS and Beauty. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Santa Clara, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/JedYork

Jed York is a seed investor in Santa Clara focused on SaaS and Beauty. John Edward York is based out of Santa Clara, California, and is the principal owner and CEO of San Francisco 49ers. Jed previously worked at Guggenheim Partners as a financial analyst. John Edward York attended the University of Notre Dame. John Edward York has received Commonwealth Club of California prestigious Distinguished Citizen Award.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Beauty | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walker & Company Brands | Our vision is to build the world’s most consumer-centric health & beauty products company.We want to completely reinvent the way our community learns about, purchases and enjoys health and beauty products. We’ll do this by developing, designing and testing products and services specifically tailored to our community's needs anddelivering on the promise of great customer service and a simple shopping experience. | $24M | Series B | Sep 28, 2015 | http://walkerandcompany.com |
| Gusto | Gusto develops web-based payroll solution for small- and medium-sized businesses. It operates an online platform that provides payroll, benefits, human resources, and integration services for employers and employees in the United States.Gusto offers health benefits and workers’ compensation benefits that include medical insurance, commuterbenefits, and 401(k) contributions as well as workers’ compensation insurance plans, time tracking, and integration services, and access to employees for processing payroll from web-enabled devices such as smartphones and tablets. It also provides access to employees and contractors to browse their previous pay stubs, review their payroll forms, verify their personal details, and statistics about their pay, tax payments and federal forms filing services, and security and support services.Gusto serves startups, coffee shops, doctors, creative agencies, lawyers, and boutiques. Edward Kim, Joshua Reeves, and Tomer London founded ZenPayRoll in 2011 that became Gusto, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California with an additional office in Denver in Colorado. | $6.1M | Seed | Dec 11, 2012 | https://www.gusto.com/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [137 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/137-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aspect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aspect-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Daher Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daher-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Designer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/designer-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Jed York invest in?

Jed York invests primarily in SaaS, Beauty and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Jed York?

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### When did Jed York last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jed York closed in Sep 2015. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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