# Jewel Burks Solomon

> Jewel Burks Solomon is a grant investor at Google for Startups backing SaaS and Big Data. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Google for Startups](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-for-entrepreneurs)
- Location: Atlanta, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jewelburks
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jewelmelanie
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jewel.burks.7

Jewel Burks Solomon is a grant investor at Google for Startups in Atlanta focused on SaaS and Big Data. Jewel Burks is an experienced sales and marketing professional. Jewel Burks leads the Partpic team as CEO. Since its founding in August 2013, Jewel has been responsible for building a team, goal setting and execution and fundraising. Prior to founding Partpic, Jewel worked in Enterprise Sales at Google and in Sales Management at McMaster- CarrIndustrial Supply. Jewel graduated from Howard University and is from Nashville, Tennessee.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$1.6M |
| Grant | $50k–$100k |
| Pre-Seed | $155k–$438k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 3 | 16% |
| Big Data | 2 | 11% |
| Software | 2 | 11% |
| Training | 2 | 11% |
| Wealth Management | 2 | 11% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 5 | 26% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 21% |
| Seed | 3 | 16% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 2 | 11% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gainvest | Gainvest is a professional law firm that provides investment and wealth management services.It offers an all-inclusive wealth management experience complete with asset management, accounting, and legal services and serves as the legal branch for the Gainvest investment platform, and supports the Gainvestors and operators on the Gainvest platform.In 2019, Nashid Ibn Ali founded it in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | $100K | Grant | Sep 08, 2022 |  |
| Black Tech Nation Ventures | Black Tech Nation Ventures is a national technology venture fund that is majority Black-owned and majority diverse-invested, focused on wealth-creation for untapped innovative markets and underinvested entrepreneurs. | $100K | Grant | Sep 08, 2022 |  |
| Gainvest | Gainvest is a professional law firm that provides investment and wealth management services.It offers an all-inclusive wealth management experience complete with asset management, accounting, and legal services and serves as the legal branch for the Gainvest investment platform, and supports the Gainvestors and operators on the Gainvest platform.In 2019, Nashid Ibn Ali founded it in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | $100K | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 08, 2022 |  |
| ImIn | ImIn is an employee scheduling app that organizations grows while saving time and money & empowering teams to work when and how they want. | $1M | Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Goodr | Goodr is a sustainable food surplus management platform that leverages technology to reduce food waste and combat hunger. They provide an end-to-end solution for businesses seeking to earn money from their edible food waste by donating it to local nonprofit organizations. Their platform provides the logistics, analytics, and security for businessesto earn deductions under the PATH act in compliance with the Internal Revenue Services. Goodr’s blockchain-enabled platform also provides an IRS audit-friendly donation record, real-time food waste analytics, and community impact reports. Their model aims to provide a triple-win situation: improve business’ bottom line through tax deductions, reduce greenhouse emissions from landfills, and use edible food waste to reduce hunger. | $7.9M | Series A | Jun 23, 2022 |  |
| U Scope Technologies | U Scope Technologies is a B2B SaaS Insurtech company that streamlines the collection of images and data to assist businesses that inspect residential and commercial properties specifically designed to provide them a more safe and efficient process of evaluating building structures. Our property inspection platform, PHOTO iD, provides riskassessment investigators with real-time, actionable field data regarding a property or asset’s physical condition and recommended actions for any restoration needs through a collaborative virtual inspection platform. The real-time collaboration and image detection process provided by our application throughout the Inspection documentation lifecycle allows each for inspection tasks to be completed within a fraction of the normal timeframe.The PHOTO iD Inspection Platform improves the property inspection documentation process and increases safety measures by reducing time onsite and the time to report the condition of a property that may be damaged or pose any potential risk by automating the process with image recognition and machine learning technology. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2021 |  |
| Oatfin | Oatfin enables companies to deliver cloud applications faster by helping transition from manual processes to self-service automation. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Oatfin | Oatfin enables companies to deliver cloud applications faster by helping transition from manual processes to self-service automation. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Oatfin | Oatfin enables companies to deliver cloud applications faster by helping transition from manual processes to self-service automation. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Shamrck | Shamrck Education uses artificial intelligence to help schools make smarter decisions with student insights for career and technical education. We help students find their perfect careers by connecting them with tools, resources, and industry professionals to assist them in making the best decision for their future, while giving this data back tothe schools to make actionable adjustments. Our patent-pending platform uses artificial intelligence to map student interests and provides them with a learning plan and to improve workforce readiness, academic planning, and career preparation. The platform follows students from 6th to 12th grade to map the career-focused student journey and help entities use predictive analytics with machine learning to improve programs and opportunities. Our overall goal is to allow kids to experience their future and make educated decisions about the next path in their life within the four E's: Enrollment (going to college), Employment (trade school or into the workforce), Enlistment (going to the military), or Entrepreneurship (starting their own business).We use artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to help school districts make data-driven decisions for their students based on workforce readiness and career preparation. From analyzing programming for the coming year to budgeting resources for students, we help districts and youth organizations see what students are doing and help them make programmatic decisions on how to best improve their offering for them. Additionally, we compare data to organizations of similar activity to provide additional data points and ideas on how to maintain processes for years to come. This pool of data allows schools to close the education-industry gap. With schools able to create a direct connection between education paths and the local industry, areas are able to realize sound workforce development and talent retention by preventing brain drain. Industries are better able to find talent pools and can work to cultivate the future workforce with programs such as mentorship, apprenticeships, and internships. Our target market is school districts as our customers with their students as our users. We want to target small, marginalized school districts first with large populations of Title I schools. These districts have high minority student rates but typically have lower workforce readiness. Additionally, we recognized the importance of STEM education for these communities and have made sure that our platform targets high-growth careers that can increase equity and economic development in lower-income areas. Our company mission is to solve racial and gender equity with access to resources and exposure to high-growth careers.Our team has strong experience in sales and marketing with a passion to solve social problems with technology. Additionally, we have the technical talent in our team of 16 that is passionate about increasing technology uses for future needs. We are poised to use data and technology to support our future workforce in a very big way. We are a minority woman-owned, military spouse led, company. | $155K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Backstage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backstage-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Google for Startups](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Emerson Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerson-collective) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Precursor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/precursor-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Unshackled Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unshackled-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Visible Hands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/visible-hands) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Google for Startups

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Google for Startups is an initiative of Google that aims to support startups around the world. The program provides startups with access to Google's products, connections, and best practices, through a global network of partners and six Google for Startups Campuses. Its mission is to help determined startups succeed and create a better future.Over fifty best-in-class startup organizations partner with Google for Startups to grow entrepreneurial ecosystems and support startups in over 135 countries. The program offers its partners financial support, exclusive programming, and access to Google and its global partner network. These partners include local tech hubs in cities from Accra to Zurich, as well as accelerators and diversity-focused groups.Google for Startups Campuses is a physical space where startup founders and teams can access mentorship, education, and training from Google and their local startup community. At Campuses, startups get free access to workspace, events, and a diverse community of like-minded entrepreneurs. Currently, Google runs six Campuses located in London, Tel Aviv, Seoul, Madrid, São Paulo, and Warsaw.

5 contacts available at Google for Startups.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Navarro | Marketing, Google for Startups | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-navarro |
| Amrit Dhir | Head of Campus London | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amrit-dhir |
| Andre Barrence | Head of Campus | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andr%C3%A9-barrence |
| Connor Swenson | Partnerships Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connor-swenson |
| Francesca Dean | Program Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francesca-dean |

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## FAQ

### What does Jewel Burks Solomon invest in?

Jewel Burks Solomon invests primarily in SaaS, Big Data and Software startups, most often at Grant and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 19 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 Jewel Burks Solomon's check size?

Jewel Burks Solomon typically joins rounds of $1M–$1.6M at Seed, $50k–$100k at Grant and $155k–$438k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jewel Burks Solomon participates in.

### When did Jewel Burks Solomon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jewel Burks Solomon closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 19 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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