Jacob Katz
InvestorPrincipal at Blumberg Capital
Miami, Florida
Writes $500K – $5M checks · typically $2.8M
About
Principal at Blumberg Capital based in Miami, previously an investment banking associate at Goldman Sachs advising TMT companies on M&A, capital markets and fundraising, and earlier a technology associate building software for Goldman's FX and commodities high-frequency trading platform. He sits on boards or as observer for several portfolio companies and holds an MBA from Wharton plus M.S.E. and B.S.E. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
Experience
- Blumberg CapitalPrincipalcurrent2024 — presentMiami, Florida, United States
- Blumberg CapitalVice President2022 — 2024Miami, Florida, United States
- Blumberg CapitalSenior Associate2021 — 2022Miami, Florida, United States
- FirmPilotBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- Field Materials AIBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- FlowFiBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- AirconBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Prescient AIBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
- OverviewBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
- VerAI DiscoveriesBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
- Jassby, Inc.Board Observercurrent2021 — present
- PerfectScaleBoard Member2024 — 2025
- Zone7Board Observer2022 — 2024
- ShyftBoard Member2023
- Shift4 Europe (formerly Finaro)Board Observer2021 — 2023
- Goldman SachsInvestment Banking Associate2020 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- Ground Up VenturesCampus Partner2019Greater Philadelphia Area
- Team8Summer Associate2019Greater New York City Area
- FinTech CollectiveSummer Venture Associate2019Greater New York City Area
- Goldman SachsTechnology Associate2018Greater New York City Area
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Business2018 — 2020
- University of PennsylvaniaMaster of Science in Engineering (MSE), Computer and Information Sciences2013 — 2014
- University of PennsylvaniaBachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE), Computer Engineering2010 — 2014
- Pine Crest SchoolHigh School2006 — 2010
Skills & more
Java5HTML4SQL1Microsoft Excel3Microsoft Office3Joomla1C2Perl1PowerPoint4Microsoft Word1Circuit Design1
Languages English · Spanish
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Same school
Also attended The Wharton School1,366
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also attended University of Pennsylvania646
Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution
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Also attended Pine Crest School12
Harrison LieberfarbPartner at Canvas VenturesRyan FreedmanCo-Founder, Executive Chairman at Alpaca VCArpan PunyaniCo-founder and General Partner at Garuda VenturesValentina RodriguezPartner at Wonder VenturesRachel SnyderHead of Platform & Operations at Centre Street PartnersDenny Gulia-JanovskiAnalyst at Lead Edge Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Prescient AI2
Also worked at Overview4
Also worked at Jassby, Inc.2
Investments
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Blumberg Capital
Alejandro Hill
Analyst at Blumberg Capital
Angela Villanueva-Olson
Executive Assistant and Office Coordinator at Blumberg Capital
Ben Lewis
Investor at Blumberg Capital
Brenna Kuan
Chief of Staff at Blumberg Capital
Bruce Taragin
Managing Director at Blumberg Capital
David Blumberg
Founder and Managing Partner at Blumberg Capital
Deann Sonoda
VP of Marketing and Communications at Blumberg Capital
Debora Tomlin
Advisor at Blumberg Capital
Network2
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