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Jared Hecht

VC Partner, Venture Partner, Union Square Ventures

Location

United States, North America

Cheque size

$100K - $2M

Investment Stage

Pre Seed
Seed
Series A

Focus Areas

Consumer Internet
Health IT
Education
Space
Enterprise
Social Commerce
Social Networks
Payments

About Investor

Jared Hecht is a Venture Partner at Union Square Ventures, a role he took on in January 2024, leading new investments and supporting portfolio founders in New York City. He previously spent over a decade (2012-2023) building companies and angel investing at Magellan, backing companies including WISE, Sweetgreen, and Truebill, and was Co-Founder and CEO of Fundera from 2014 to 2022, which surpassed $100 million in annual revenue before being acquired by NerdWallet in 2020. Earlier, he co-founded GroupMe, a mobile messaging app with over 100 million users, acquired by Skype/Microsoft in 2011, and was an early business development employee at Tumblr. Across his career, he has angel invested in over 80 companies and venture funds. He holds a BA in Political Science from Columbia University.

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Previous investments

Consensus
12M |2024
Timehop
1M |2012

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