Hi, this is Jake Zeller and Jonathan Swanson.
Over the last decade, we’ve started & scaled teams to 1,000+ and raised over $700M from VCs.
We’re Seed/A investors in Mercury, Scale AI, Talkdesk and 100+ more.
We help with the hard things: hiring/firing, co-founder disputes, fundraising, board issues and scaling.
Testimonials
"Jonathan and Jake have always been extremely supportive investors taking time to help with small and big tasks. Could not find two better investors to have in your corner." — Immad Akhund, Co-Founder & CEO of Mercury
"Jake consistently does the hard things while making them look easy." — Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder & Chairman of AngelList
“Jake and Jonathan have been lifesavers. They have the experience and network to help deep in the trenches—when SVB has all of your money and you need a loan to make payroll, and when you have a complex financial transaction to work through and need a CFO with that exact experience. They also help the people they know meet each other. They are one of my top secret weapons.” — Debo Olaosebikan, Co-Founder & CEO of Kepler Computing
“Jake is my first call. I’ve been working with him for years and he is always on and available for entrepreneurs.” — Babak Nivi, Co-Founder of AngelList
Writing
- Zero to $1B: 8 Lessons Scaling a Startup
- Hiring 10x Execs
- 2022 Life Experiments
- 2021 Life Experiments
- 2019 Life Experiments