Investing Profile

Jared Hecht

Angel
Venture Partner at Union Square Ventures
fundera.comNew York
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Microsoft Network
400 CONNECTIONS
Columbia University in the City of New York Network
262 CONNECTIONS
Union Square Ventures Network
17 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Union Square Ventures Venture Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
9
Current Fund Size
$275M

Jared Hecht is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Jared Hecht's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Oboe
Series ADec 2025$16M
$20M
Co-investors: MG Siegler (GV (Google Ventures)), Bryan Kim (Andreessen Horowitz), M.G. Siegler (GV (Google Ventures)), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Nikita Bier, Adam D'Angelo
Consensus
Series AJul 2024$12M
$55M
Co-investors: Kevin Carter (SV Angel), David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Sid Krommenhoek (Peak Venture Capital (Peak Ventures)), Rob May (PJC), Brian Pokorny (SV Angel LLC), Billy Draper (Path Ventures), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), DJ Patil (‎GreatPoint Ventures), Sam Parr (The Hustle), Joe Speiser, Steve Barham
Wand App
SeedAug 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Amy Wu (Menlo Ventures), Jim O'Shaughnessy (O'Shaughnessy Asset Management), Eden Chen (Omni Creator Products), Steve Martocci (BLADE)
Jia
SeedApr 2023$4M
$7M
Co-investors: Kinjal Shah (Blockchain Capital), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Nisa Amoils (Grasshopper Capital), Anand Iyer (NEYON AI)
Collective
Seed RoundSep 2020$8.7M
$100M
Co-investors: Topher Conway (SV Angel), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Frank Rotman (QED Investors), Eddie Hartman (Simon-Kucher), Andrew Dudum (Cherubic Ventures), Eric Wu (Resolute Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Adrian Aoun (500 Startups Korea), Vítor Lourenco (Expa), Garrett Camp (Expansive Ventures), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Ophelia Brown (Blossom Capital), Saturnin Pugnet (Unknown Ventures), Vivek Patel (Postmates), Phil Bronner (Ardent Venture Partners), Dylan Field, Jenna Hannon, Kevin Lin, Steve Chen, Aaron Levie
Flatiron Health
Series AJan 2013$8M
$140M
Co-investors: Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Krishna Yeshwant (GV (Google Ventures)), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital), Jack Abraham (Atomico), Andrew Boszhardt (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Ed Zimmerman, Aaron Levie
SmartThings
SeedDec 2012$3M
$16M
Co-investors: Ryan Sarver (Redpoint Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Kevin Colleran (Slow Ventures), Josh Elman (Greylock Partners), Martin Varsavsky (Prelude Fertility), Steve Martocci (BLADE), Loic Le Meur (Leade.rs), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Phin Barnes (The General Partnership), Aaron Levie, Manish Patel, Emil Michael
Timehop
SeedJan 2012$1M
$14M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Steve Martocci (BLADE), Andrew Parker (Spero Ventures), Sean Flynn (Stealth Company (Sean Flynn)), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Randi Zuckerberg (Offline Ventures), Dennis Crowley, Naveen Selvadurai

Jared Hecht's Experience

Co-Founder GroupMePresent
Co-Founder and CEO Fundera by NerdWalletPresent
Building & Investing MagellanPresent
Venture Partner Union Square VenturesPresent
Business Development TumblrPresent
Co-Founder GroupMe (Acquired by Skype / MSFT)Present
Director MicrosoftPresent
Member Board of Directors Splice.comPresent
Co-Founder and CEO FunderaPresent

Jared Hecht's Education

Columbia University in the City of New York BA