Jerry Jacobs

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About Investor

Jerry Jacobs Jr. is a business executive and angel investor associated with Delaware North, the global hospitality and food-service company. As a member of the Jacobs family leadership team, he has significant exposure to hospitality, food and beverage, sports venues, travel, retail, and large-scale service operations. Alongside his corporate responsibilities, he has invested in startups and participated in the entrepreneurial ecosystem around Western New York. His investment interests are particularly relevant to food and beverage, retail, fintech, hospitality technology, and consumer services. Jacobs brings founders practical insight into operating complex service businesses, evaluating partnerships, serving large customer bases, and navigating relationships with established enterprises. His regional and corporate networks can also be useful to startups seeking strategic customers, commercial pilots, or connections to later-stage capital. For entrepreneurs, his profile combines angel-investor experience with the perspective of a senior executive in a large, diversified privately held business.