Jeff Abbott
Investing Profile
Blitzscaling Ventures thesis
It all began with a simple question: What is the secret of Silicon Valley? How have startups there grown so quickly to global scale? And what are the most effective ways other startups do the same? Chris Yeh and Reid Hoffman set out to answer these questions by drawing on their own experiences, as well as the experiences of the founders and leaders of iconic companies like Eric Schmidt of Google, Reed Hastings of Netflix, Diane Greene of VMWare, and Brian Chesky of Airbnb. In 2015, they (along with John Lilly and Allen Blue) taught CS183C, the first Blitzscaling class, at Stanford Universit
Sector and stage focus
- Series B: Consumer Internet, Marketplaces, Social Commerce, Social Networks, SaaS
- Series A: Social Commerce, Marketplaces, Social Networks, SaaS, Consumer Internet
- general: Female Investors, Investors who were founders, Investors who invested in female founders, Investors who invested in diverse founders, San Francisco Bay Area
Recent investments by Jeff Abbott
Jeff Abbott has 1 named past investments in the public record. The most recent:
| Company | Stage | Date | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gusto | Series C | Jul 2018 | $140M |
Frequent co-investors
Jeff Abbott has co-invested with: Kenneth Chenault, Ron Conway, Alex Bard, Ram Shriram, Lee Linden, Matt Mullenweg.
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