Jay Adya is a Managing Partner at Elysian Park with experience in sports, media, and technology investing. He has held roles at Iconica Partners and Evolution Media Capital, and co-founded Takkle.com.

What Jay can write

Writes checks of$500K to $30M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BMostly follows a lead
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Elysian Park Ventures writes $500K to $30M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Deloitte Consulting · management consultant
  2. Kozmo.com · early employee
  3. Takkle.com · co-founder
  4. Evolution Media Capital · Managing Director
  5. Iconica Partners · Managing Director
  6. Elysian Park · Managing Partner
    Now
  7. Kozmo.com
    1999
  8. Universal Tennis · CFO

Companies founded

Takkle.com

Investments named in public bios

Universal Tennis

Focus

sportsmediatechnologyinvesting

Education

Columbia University, BAColumbia Business School, MBA

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Who is Jay Adya?

Jay Adya is a Managing Partner at Elysian Park with experience in sports, media, and technology investing. He has held roles at Iconica Partners and Evolution Media Capital, and co-founded Takkle.com.

How much does Jay Adya invest?

Jay Adya invests through Elysian Park Ventures, which writes checks of $500K to $30M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Jay Adya?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Jay in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Elysian Park Ventures backed works better.

What did Jay Adya do before Elysian Park Ventures?

management consultant at Deloitte Consulting; early employee at Kozmo.com; co-founder at Takkle.com; Managing Director at Evolution Media Capital; Managing Director at Iconica Partners; Kozmo.com; CFO at Universal Tennis.

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