Jesse Walden
Jesse Walden is the founder and general partner at Variant, previously an investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He founded Cool Managers and Mediachain Labs, which was acquired by Spotify.
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Variant writes $1M to $30M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.
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- Cool Managers · founder2011
- Mediachain Labs · founder2014
- Spotify · product lead2017
- Andreessen Horowitz · investment partner
- Variant · Founder and General PartnerNow
- Variant · Founder and Managing PartnerNow
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Who is Jesse Walden?
Jesse Walden is the founder and general partner at Variant, previously an investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He founded Cool Managers and Mediachain Labs, which was acquired by Spotify.
How much does Jesse Walden invest?
Jesse Walden invests through Variant, which writes checks of $1M to $30M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Jesse Walden?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Jesse in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Variant backed works better.
What did Jesse Walden do before Variant?
founder at Cool Managers; founder at Mediachain Labs; product lead at Spotify; investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz.
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