About
Jeff Veen is a designer and investor whose career spans early web media, design consulting, and product leadership. He was part of the founding web team at Wired Magazine, helped launch HotWired and related sites, and authored two books on web design. He later co-founded the user experience consultancy Adaptive Path, led Measure Map (acquired by Google), and designed Google Analytics while leading UX for Google's apps. He co-founded and ran Typekit as CEO before it was acquired by Adobe, where he became VP of Design. He is currently a Design Partner and Head of Platform at True Ventures, and advises companies such as about.me, Medium, and WordPress.
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Co-founded Typekit and ran it as CEO. Was one of the founding partners of the user experience consultancy Adaptive Path. Was part of the founding web team at Wired Magazine, helping build HotWired, Web Monkey, and Wired News.
- Awards
- Authored two books, 'HotWired Style' and 'The Art and Science of Web Design'.
- Hobbies
- Hosts a podcast called Presentable.
From Jeff's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Investments
Investor
about.meMediumWordPress
Per the investor's own website.
Colleagues at True Ventures
Network4
Investors connected to Jeff in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.