# Jordan Crook

> Jordan Crook is a seed investor at Betaworks backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks)
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanrcrook
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jordanrcrook
- Website: http://techcrunch.com

Jordan Crook is a Managing Editor based out of Brooklyn, NY. She writes about internet culture, social networks, and consumer-facing technology. Jordan leads programming on TechCrunch's flagship event, the world-renowned Disrupt conference. You may recognize her from her appearances hosting that event and moderating panels and fireside chats.She has written for publications such as Mobile Marketer and MobileBurn. She is now a Managing Editor at TechCrunch.You can email her at jordan@techcrunch.com.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 43% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| EdTech | 1 | 14% |
| Database | 1 | 14% |
| Internet | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| Jamaica | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dessn | Dessn is an AI app that enables designers & product managers to contribute to product building without coding. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 12, 2026 |  |
| Camera Intelligence | Alice Camera is a computational photography technology company that specializes in direct capture and image enhancement. The company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. | $2M | Seed | Sep 02, 2025 |  |
| Graze | Graze is a platform designed for creating custom feeds on Bluesky, allowing users to curate their social media experience. The company enables the creation of personalized feeds, community feeds for friend groups, and specialized feeds centered around specific hobbies. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Hopscotch Labs | Hopscotch Labs developer of a software designed to make the real world feel more playful. | $3.4M | Seed | Nov 08, 2024 |  |
| Autoplay | Autoplay is an AI-powered platform that improves digital adoption by offering real-time, context-aware guidance. It learns from user interactions and software interfaces, adapting to help enterprises optimize usage, streamline workflows, and boost engagement across teams. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Sep 20, 2024 |  |
| ESAI | ESAI is the viral storytelling platform for Gen Z college applicants and young professionals. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| Dessn | Dessn is an AI app that enables designers & product managers to contribute to product building without coding. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [RRE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rre-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Flybridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flybridge-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Next Wave NYC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/next-wave-nyc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [7percent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7-percent) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alpaca](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-7e1e) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Apertu Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apertu-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Betaworks

VC Fund · New York, United States

Betaworks Ventures is a product-focused, seed-stage venture capital fund, having invested in more than 150 companies. We invest in new consumer behaviors and trends powered by frontier technologies, and are often amongst the first institutional investors to invest.

5 contacts available at Betaworks.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analisa Svehaug | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/analisa-svehaug |
| Danika Laszuk | GM | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danika-laszuk |
| John Borthwick | CEO, Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-borthwick |
| Jon Chin | Copy / Paste Specialist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-chin |
| Jordan Crook | Partner; Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-crook |

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## FAQ

### What does Jordan Crook invest in?

Jordan Crook invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Jordan Crook last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jordan Crook closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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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