Co-founder and General Partner
Jesse leverages his hands-on operating experience and industry contacts to source and nurture innovative companies applying technology to design, build, and improve our built world.
Jesse co-leads the Investment Committee and currently manages the firm’s involvement at the board level with Aeroseal, Clearstory, enVerid, and Join.Build. He also works closely with the teams at Built Robotics, Canoa, Dandelion, Measurabl, and 75F. Previously, Jesse represented the firm’s investment in Assemble Systems (acquired by Autodesk) and Borealis Ventures’ investments in Honest Buildings (Acquired by Procore), Newforma (acquired by Battery Ventures), Envista Software (acquired by Accela), FieldLens (acquired by WeWork), Handmark (acquired by Sprint), IrisMaps (acquired by OmniEarth), Scribe Software (acquired by The Mustang Group), SketchFab (acquired by Epic Games), SketchUp (acquired by Google), SpaceClaim (acquired by ANSYS), TinkerCad (acquired by Autodesk), and VICO Software (acquired by Trimble).
Prior to co-founding Borealis Ventures, Jesse served as an executive in two public application software companies. He helped grow Softdesk from a New Hampshire startup to a successful venture-funded public company as an executive and board director concluding in the sale of the business to Autodesk. While at Autodesk, Jesse served on the Autodesk executive staff as the Vice President & General Manager of the AEC Market Group.
Jesse graduated with distinction from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and completed his military service as a member of the White House Communications Agency.
