
Jake Seid
General Partner

Photo:
PC Week circa — 1991
Backstory
Jake has a unique combination of operating and investing experience, which supports founders as they grow their businesses. Previously, as sole founder of Stone Bridge Ventures, 12 of his early-stage investments grew to become unicorn companies. Prior to that, he was president of TenX/Auction. With 800 people in his reporting org, he grew the real estate-focused transactional online marketplace to be the industry’s leading platform. The company was acquired for $1.6B. Jake started his tenure in venture capital as a member of the team that launched Lightspeed Venture Partners and became a key Managing Director helping drive the firm’s early growth. Early on, he was a Cisco product lead for the team that commercialized broadband technology, helping the group grow from startup to a $1B revenue run rate in 2 years and drove many important cybersecurity-focused innovations into his products. He holds an BS in Electrical Engineering and an M.Eng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. At MIT, he was awarded the Karly Taylor Compton Prize, the highest honor given to a student. He is a long-serving board member of the MIT Club of Northern California. In 2009, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
Photo:
PC Week circa — 1991
Fun fact
Taking the long but rewarding journey of learning Jiu Jitsu.
Investments at Ballistic

- Outcome Private

- Outcome Private

- Outcome Private

- Outcome Private

- Outcome Private
Founded, funded, or operated prior to Ballistic

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2020

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2018

- Engagement President
- Outcome Acquired by TH Lee Partners for $1.6B
- Partnered in 2011

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome BLND
- Partnered in 2017

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2017

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2017

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2020

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2020

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2019

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2021

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2019

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome DOMA
- Partnered in 2017

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2021

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2021

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Acquired by IBM
- Partnered in 2017

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2017

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2018

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2018

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2018

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome OPEN
- Partnered in 2016

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2016

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Acquired by UPST
- Partnered in 2017

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2017

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2021

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2018

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2016

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2017

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2021

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2021

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2021

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2019

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2020

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2017

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2019

- Engagement Investor
- Outcome Private
- Partnered in 2012