Jonathan Downey
Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Jonathan Downey is an experienced technology entrepreneur, CEO, and investor, having founded two companies and invested in more than 40 startups. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of a company at the intersection of talent and data. He has built out high-performing teams across a broad set of skills from hardware engineering to cloud services, analytics, and enterprise sales. Over his career, he has raised over $100M from leading investors, including A16Z, KPCB, Signalfire, First Round Capital, GV, and Next World Capital, and has secured 6 and 7-figure enterprise engagements with Fortune 500 enterprises including State Farm and Caterpillar. Jonathan is an electrical engineering and computer science graduate from MIT and holds numerous patents. A YC-Combinator alum, Jonathan was named USA Today's "Small-Business Innovator of the Year" and MIT Tech Review's "35 Innovators Under 35”. He is an instrument-rated commercial multi-engine pilot and worked at Boeing as an engineer contributing to the development and flight testing of the A160T Hummingbird, a 6,500 lb fully autonomous helicopter, which broke the world record for longest helicopter flight. and regularly flew within the National Airspace System (NAS).
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Jonathan Downey invests in
Stages Jonathan Downey invests in
Countries Jonathan Downey invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $120k–$4.3M
- Series A
- $4.1M–$32M
- Series B
- $6M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 3 (23%)
- Software 3 (23%)
- Biotechnology 3 (23%)
- Machine Learning 3 (23%)
- Robotics 2 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (54%)
- Series A 4 (31%)
- Series B 2 (15%)
Country
- United States 11 (85%)
- Australia 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| RealtyBits provides a blockchain marketplace infrastructure the alternative asset managers to directly connect with investors and advisors. Sponsors and investors get a robust dashboard to manage cap tables, valuations and liquidity through the asset's entire life cycle. Our solutions helps you scale fast and reach new sources of capitalbeyond traditional markets and geographies in a secure and compliant manner. | Seed / Aug 21, 2018 | ||
| Verge Genomics transforms drug discovery with artificial intelligence. Verge was founded by a unique combination of the field's top machine learning experts and seasoned neuroscience drug developers. Together, they share the vision that exponential advances in computational genomics combined with new insights into neuroscience has created abreakthrough opportunity to discover drugs that dramatically improve the lives of patients suffering from neurodegenerative disease. | $32M / Series A / Jul 17, 2018 | ||
| Observe.AI is transforming customer service with AI agents that speak, think, and act like your best human agents—helping enterprises automate routine customer calls and workflows, support agents in real time, and uncover powerful insights from every interaction. With Observe.AI, businesses boost automation, deliver faster, more consistent24/7 service and build stronger customer loyalty. Trusted by brands like SoFi, DoorDash, Uber, Accolade, Prudential, Concentrix, Cox Automotive, and Included Health, Observe.AI is redefining how businesses connect with customers—driving better experiences and lasting relationships at every touchpoint. | $8M / Series A / May 29, 2018 | ||
| Cognition IP is a San Francisco-based intellectual property law firm with partners who have represented some of the most recognizable companies in the world in many aspects of intellectual property counseling, including Apple, Hewlett Packard, Salesforce, Purdue, AstraZeneca, and Texas Instruments. Cognition IP supports early stage startups toFortune 500 enterprises with on-demand, flat-fee IP counsel and the results expected from a top-tier firm.Services incl. intellectual property management, patent prosecution, trademark prosecution, patent portfolio management, patent portfolio strategy, outside counsel, external counsel, PCT & international patent filing, alternative service legal provider, patent asset planning, patent landscape search and analysisTechnologies incl. Artificial Intelligence - AI, Machine Learning - ML, Advanced Software, Internet of Things - IoT, Consumer Electronics, Content Delivery Networks - CDN, Healthcare, Fintech, Blockchain & Cryptography, Risk & Cyber Security, Medical Device, Computer Vision, Robotics. Autonomous Vehicles - AVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - UAVs, Augmented Reality - AR, Virtual Reality - VR, and Mixed Reality - MR, Microchip Design, Aerospace Aviation & Defense | Seed / Mar 14, 2018 | ||
| NexGenT is an Online IT Academy that provides "Military Grade" Training for the next generation workforce. It solves the growing shortage of IT engineers for enterprise companies. They create job-ready professionals in just 22 weeks while minimizing costs for recruitment and ongoing training needs by leveraging their cloud education andcareer management platform. They help students go from "Zero To Engineer" in just 6 months.The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Jose, California. | $2.1M / Seed / Jan 04, 2018 | ||
| Culture Biosciences provides a platform of cloud-connected bioreactors, software tools, and process development services that support upstream bioprocess development for biotech and biopharma applications. The company’s offerings include remote experiment design, monitoring, and data analysis through an integrated cloud software interface pairedwith single-use bioreactors for microbial fermentation and cell culture experimentation. Its services encompass clone and strain screening, process optimization, characterization, and bioprocess modeling to help scientific teams refine and scale their workflows. Clients access real-time data and analytics to inform decisions and collaborate across teams using the platform’s tools. Culture Biosciences’s technology is used to advance development of therapeutics, synthetic biology products, and related bioprocesses. Culture Biosciences was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $120K / Seed / Jan 04, 2018 | ||
| Zyper is a machine learning-led community marketing software that helps brands connect with their fans, and fans connect with each other. The platform wants to re-create social networks for brands by connecting them to their top fans to drive engagement, insights, and sales. It enables brands to identify and engage with their top 1% of fans andbuild a community of active brand advocates.Zyper was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $2M / Seed / Sep 02, 2017 | ||
| Dedrone is an automated drone security platform; an extension of physical and cyber security into the airspace that protects a vulnerability gap exploited by the advances in consumer and commercial drone technology. Its aerial intrusion detection platform provides early warning of malicious drone activities and is used to protect data centers,prisons, airports, and other critical facilities from corporate espionage, smuggling, terrorism, and hacking. | $15M / Series B / Feb 13, 2017 | ||
| Connectifier is changing the way recruiting is done today. Our engineering team from Google, Microsoft Research, Berkeley National Lab, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford is building large scale data analysis software that processes professional profiles from all around the web. By analyzing code repos, blogs, and social profiles we're helpingrecruiters and hiring managers connect more efficiently with the candidates best for their openings. Our product is deployed at 25% of the Fortune-100 and thousands of other companies. | $6M / Series B / Oct 27, 2015 | ||
| Connectifier is changing the way recruiting is done today. Our engineering team from Google, Microsoft Research, Berkeley National Lab, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford is building large scale data analysis software that processes professional profiles from all around the web. By analyzing code repos, blogs, and social profiles we're helpingrecruiters and hiring managers connect more efficiently with the candidates best for their openings. Our product is deployed at 25% of the Fortune-100 and thousands of other companies. | $4.1M / Series A / Jun 16, 2015 | ||
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FAQ
What does Jonathan Downey invest in?
Jonathan Downey invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Jonathan Downey invest in?
Jonathan Downey typically joins rounds of $120k–$4.3M at Seed, $4.1M–$32M at Series A and $6M–$15M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Jonathan Downey's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Jonathan Downey took part in.
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When did Jonathan Downey last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jonathan Downey closed in Aug 2018. Shizune tracks 13 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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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 Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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