Jason Kalira
InvestorPartner at The Westly Group
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K – $4M checks · typically $2M
About
Jason Kalira leads a $100M seed fund backing AI-native startups that digitize manufacturing, energy, and supply chains, leveraging experience scaling Parsable to 1,000+ facilities and daily industrial partner insights.
Invests in
Climate TechCybersecurityEnergyMobility & TransportationPropTech
Experience
- The Westly GroupPartner & Head of Seed Fundcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- MatterInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MagenticBoard Observercurrent2025 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- Stealth StartupLead Investor, Board Observercurrent2024 — present
- CurrenceBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- DiagonBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- CondoitBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentBirmingham, Alabama, United States
- OrbInvestor [Aquired]current2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- DrataInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Diego, California, United States
- VaretoInvestorcurrent2021 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- PuzzleInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- TraceInvestor [Acquired]2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- ParsableChief Operating Officer [Acquired]2022
- ParsableInterim CEO & Board Member2022San Francisco, California, United States
- ParsableChief Financial Officer & Chief Strategy Officer2018 — 2022
- Terminus: Account-Based MarketingVP Finance & Operations [Acquired]2016 — 2018San Francisco, California
- Battery VenturesVenture Investor2012 — 2015Boston, Massachusetts / Menlo Park, California
- Arbor AdvisorsInvestment Banker2010 — 2012Palo Alto, California
Education
- The Ohio State UniversityBSBA2003 — 2007
- The Ohio State University Fisher College of BusinessBSBA2003 — 2007
- Monte Vista Christian SchoolCollege Preparatory Academy1996 — 2003
Skills & more
Management3EntrepreneurshipMergers & Acquisitions6Start-ups2InvestmentsPrivate Equity2Financial AnalysisValuation1Corporate DevelopmentStrategic Planning8Digital MediaEquities
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Venture CapitalCorporate FinanceInvestment BankingAtrium OrchestratorNew Business DevelopmentFinancial ModelingStrategyGrowth CapitalMicrosoft ExcelMutual FundsMergersBusiness Strategy- Connected Worker® Professional Certification Examination — CAI Parsable
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Same school
Also attended The Ohio State University86
Keatten SmithCapital Formation Coordinator at March Capital PartnersJohn Rice, Ph.D.Partner Emeritus at CincyTechSara Risch, PhDAdvisor at CincyTechWill McKelveyPrincipal at Lerer HippeauLaura SebastianiVP of Finance at Scale Venture PartnersSuresh BalasubramanianInvestor at Storm Ventures
+ 80 more
Also attended The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business38
Keatten SmithCapital Formation Coordinator at March Capital PartnersSachi SanghaviJunior Analyst at JobsOhio VenturesBrandon BryantInvestor at Harlem Capital PartnersDavid MalloyAssociate at Tech Square VenturesMichael Anthony-WoodFinance Associate at Red Cell IncubationArjun MehraAssociate at White Star Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Matter2
Also worked at Magentic2
Also worked at Stealth Startup220
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray VenturesFranz KoflerInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalGüimar Vaca SitticVenture Partner at FJ Labs
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Also worked at Condoit1
Colleagues at The Westly Group
Bob Rowe
Venture Partner at The Westly Group
Danny Cotter
Managing Partner at The Westly Group
Dave Coglizer
Partner at The Westly Group
Emily Fritze
Partner at The Westly Group
Hannah Li
Associate at The Westly Group
Jamie Daudon
Principal at The Westly Group
Jennifer Gunn
CFO at The Westly Group
Kelly McCarthy
Associate at The Westly Group
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Danny Cotter
Managing Partner at The Westly Group
Dave Coglizer
Partner at The Westly Group
Emily Fritze
Partner at The Westly Group
Hannah Li
Associate at The Westly Group
Megan Cain
Principal at The Westly Group
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