Andy Jenks
InvestorGeneral Partner at Drive Capital
Columbus, Ohio
Writes $10M – $30M checks · typically $15M
About
Andrew Jenks is co-founder of Jakib.AI and has held leadership roles across engineering, operations, and executive positions at multiple technology companies. His career includes founding or co-founding three companies: Discovery Mining, which ranked #188 on the 2007 Inc 500 before its 2008 acquisition by Interwoven; Infinite Research, an online marketing analytics company that merged with Compete in 2002; and Formation Data Systems, a venture-backed data center platform where he served as COO. Prior experience includes roles as CEO of Autonomy Optimost, entrepreneur-in-residence at Khosla Ventures and EMC Ventures, and engineer at Alexa where he worked on search algorithms before the company's acquisition by Amazon.
Experience
- Jakib.AICo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Stage One CapitalCo-Founder, General Partnercurrent2009 — present
- Drive CapitalVenture Partner2024 — 2026
- Drive CapitalPartner, GP2015 — 2023Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area
- Voxel51Director2022 — 2026
- Kyro Digital Corp.Investor2022 — 2026San Francisco, CA
- Duality RoboticsDirector2021 — 2026Greater Pittsburgh Region
- MeroxaDirector2020 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- BranchDirector2018 — 2026Minneapolis, MN
- ImmutaDirector2016 — 2026Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- StatelessDirector2018 — 2025Boulder, CO
- MantiumDirector2021 — 2024Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area
- MoleculaDirector2020 — 2024Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- AscentDirector2019 — 2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Finite StateDirector2017 — 2023Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area
- DisruptOps (a FireMon Company)Director (acquired Firemon)2020 — 2021Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- LightstreamDirector (acquired LON:VTC)2018 — 2021Chicago, Illinois, United States
- AftercodeObserver2017 — 2019
- BottlenoseBoard of Directors2011 — 2015
- Formation Data SystemsCo-Founder, COO2012 — 2015Bay Area
Education
- University of UtahB.S., Economics1993 — 1998
Skills & more
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Colleagues at Drive Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Andy Jenks work?
- Andy Jenks is General Partner at Drive Capital.
- What check size does Andy Jenks write?
- Andy Jenks typically writes checks of $10M – $30M.
Founder mafias
Khosla Ventures mafia13
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University of Utah mafia8
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Meroxa mafia2
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Branch3
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