Where does Jeremy Johnson work?

Jeremy Johnson is Founder of Andela and Partner at Outlander VC.

Where did Jeremy Johnson go to school?

Jeremy Johnson studied at Princeton University; Princeton Day School.

Jeremy Johnson

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder at Andela · Partner at Outlander VC

Austin, Texas, United States

FoundedAndela$1.5B

30 Under 30 2017 · All Star Alumni 30 Under 30 2014 · Education 30 Under 30 2013 · Education

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About

He led Andela as CEO from 2014 to 2024 and now sits on its board, having earlier co-founded the education company 2U, where he served on the board of advisors through 2019. His investing work includes a partner role at Outlander VC and personal investments in Anthropic, Deel, Function Health and Coco.

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Andela's investors · 30

4DX VenturesAccra · $50K – $500K checks Accelerate Africa$250K – $500K checks Air Street CapitalSt. Peter Port · $500K – $10M checks Album VCLehi · $500K – $3M checks Amplo VenturesSpring CRE Venture CapitalMahwah · $50K – $1M checks · since 2018 DBL PartnersPalo Alto Founder CollectiveCambridge Future Perfect VenturesNew York · $500K – $5M checks Generation Investment ManagementLondon · since 2018 GSV VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2018 High AlphaIndianapolis IFCAuburn Inertia VenturesNew York · $2M checks Learn CapitalAustin · $100K – $20M checks · since 2016 LoftyInc CapitalHouston mark vcAustin Metis CapitalLagos · $10K – $5M checks Nimble PartnersSan Francisco Omidyar NetworkSan Francisco · since 2015 Rogue Insight CapitalMarkham SoftBank GroupTokyo · since 2021 SoftBank Vision FundLondon Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2018 SparkLabs Global VenturesPalo Alto TLcom CapitalNairobi · $500K – $10M checks TreasuryNew York VentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $250K – $50M checks Vista Venture Partners

Co-founders at Andela

Iyinoluwa AboyejiFounder

Nadayar EnagesiFounder

Brice NkengsaFounder

Ian CarnevaleFounder

Christina SassFounder

Experience

Outlander VCPartnercurrent2026 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
AndelaBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
AndelaCEO and Co-Founder2014 — 2024New York, Lagos, Nairobi, Accra
AnthropicInvestorcurrent2024 — present
Function HealthInvestorcurrent2022 — present
CocoInvestorcurrent2021 — present
DeelInvestorcurrent2021 — present
2UBoard of Advisors2014 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
2UCo-Founder2008 — 2014New York City Metropolitan Area
PENCIL, Inc.Member, Board of Directors2013 — 2016New York
ZandigoCEO and Founder2006 — 2007

Skills & more

Early Stage InvestmentOnline Advertising57Start-ups99Online Marketing74Social Networking42Blogging21Entrepreneurship99Social Media67Social Media Marketing98Facebook12Product Management19Business Development33

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Venture CapitalStrategyLeadershipDirect MarketingBusiness PlanningManagementLead GenerationStrategic PartnershipsCoachingBusiness StrategyNonprofitsMarketing Strategy

Languages Spanish

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Colleagues at Outlander VC

AJ Smith

Partner at Outlander VC

Deepika Jonnalagadda

Analyst at Blu Venture Investors

Jordan Kretchmer

Senior Partner at Outlander VC

Leura Craig

Managing Partner at Outlander VC

Paige Craig

Managing Partner at Outlander VC

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jeremy Johnson?: He led Andela as CEO from 2014 to 2024 and now sits on its board, having earlier co-founded the education company 2U, where he served on the board of advisors through 2019. His investing work includes a partner role at Outlander VC and personal investments in Anthropic, Deel, Function Health and Coco.
Where does Jeremy Johnson work?: Jeremy Johnson is Founder of Andela and Partner at Outlander VC.
What companies did Jeremy Johnson found?: Jeremy Johnson founded Andela.
Where did Jeremy Johnson go to school?: Jeremy Johnson studied at Princeton University; Princeton Day School.

Founder mafias

Anthropic mafia56

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Mike KriegerChief Product Officer (moved into new 'Labs' division, Jan 2026)Founded Instagram Reed HastingsBoard MemberFounded InterPositive Tom BlomfieldMember of Technical StaffFounded Starling Bank +2 David LangerInvestorFounded Lionheart Ventures Visit Lionheart Ventures +1 Sameer DholakiaInvestorFounded SendGrid +1 Houman HaghighiInvestorFounded Techstars

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2U mafia7

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Greg MartinBoard Member, investorFounded Nurocor Jocelyn King, SHRM-SCPSenior RecruiterFounded VirgilHR DeSean PrenticeFull-Stack Web Development InstructorFounded Qualifi Chip PaucekCo-Founder & Chief Executive OfficerFounded Proathletecommunity Harsha MokkaralaChief Data ScientistFounded Ecue Christopher ParrishSenior Vice President, ProgramsFounded Podium Education

Deel mafia7

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Francis deSouzaInvestor and Board MemberFounded Synth Labs +1 Mehmet YilmazDirector, ProductFounded Zavvy +1 Anand ChandrasekaranInvestorFounded CrescendoAI Nabil JallouliGlobal Director, Revenue OperationsFounded Rollstack Boris LokschinInvestorFounded Spryker Raj JagiasiGTMFounded Stratum Industries

Function Health mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Emi GalMember Board of DirectorsFounded Brainient +1 Andrei DuncaInvestorFounded Bluefish Mike PotterInvestorFounded Rewind Mark Hyman, M.D.CMOFounded Seedcamp

Outlander VC mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jordan KretchmerSenior PartnerFounded Carbon Robotics Leura CraigManaging PartnerFounded Laurel & Wolf

Same school

Also attended Princeton University867

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Cat WuInvestor at Index Ventures AndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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Also attended Princeton Day School19

John DennyVP, eCommerce & Digital at CAVU Consumer Partners Evan FuAssociate at DFJ Allison PazInvestor at Reign Ventures Scott FeldmanInvestor at Susquehanna Growth Equity Peter BordesManaging Partner at Trajectory Ventures SethPresident and Chief Executive Officer at Terra Firma Capital Corporation

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Shared employers

Also worked at Andela22

Adam ZeplainCo-Founder & Managing Partner at mark vc Derek HandleyFuturist, entrepreneur, and student fascinated by what it means to live well in an increasingly chaotic world Ira EhrenpreisFounder and Managing Partner at DBL Partners Sheel TyleFounder and CEO at Amplo Ventures Omar DarwazahManaging Director AAF Management at Taram Capital Michael StatonEIR at SFU VentureLabs

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Also worked at Anthropic124

Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable Capital Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic Reed HastingsCo-founder of Netflix Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Daniela AmodeiCo-founder & President of Anthropic

+ 118 more

Also worked at Coco1

Amit GuptaInvestor at SNR VC

Also worked at Deel38

Yasmin RazaviInvestor at Spark Capital Jeannette zu FürstenbergPresident & Managing Director at General Catalyst Andy HarrisonGeneral Partner, CEO at S32 Sam EdenInvestor at Square Peg Capital Ryan FreemanInvestor at Ripple Ventures Gautam KrishnamurthiPartner at GreatPoint Ventures

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