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Jesse Coors-Blankenship

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Co-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture Capital · Board director at Hark Labs · Board director at Figure AI · Board director at Stocked Robotics

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

FoundedParkway

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Vojtech HornaunlockedJesse: together at University of Southern California (2005–2007)
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About

Co-founder and General Partner of Parkway. Founder and former CEO of Frustum, an AI generative-design company sold to PTC in 2018, with prior roles as a senior engineer at Autodesk and academic research positions at Columbia and Cornell.

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Board director at Hark Labs

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Co-founders at Hark Labs

BABrett Adcock
Brett AdcockExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Board director at Figure AI

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Figure AI's investors · 32

Align VenturesMiami · since 2024AUDEO VENTURESNew York · since 2024Aurum Venture PartnersPleasanton · since 2024Beyond CapitalSan Diego · since 2024Bold Capital PartnersSanta Monica · since 2024BVVCBurr Ridge · since 2024Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2024Evolution VC PartnersNew York · since 2024Gestio CapitalLondon · since 2024Habitat PartnersNew York · since 2024Helium-3 VenturesNew York · since 2024Intel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M checks · since 2024Interplay Ventures Early Stage Management LlcNew York · $1M checks · since 2024LG Technology VenturesSanta Clara · since 2024Mana VenturesEstero · since 2024Manhattan Venture PartnersNew York · since 2024Moonshots CapitalAustin · $5K – $2.5M checks · since 2024NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2024Parkway Venture CapitalNew York · since 2024Popstar VenturesLos Angeles · since 2024Prime Movers LabJackson · $2M – $30M checks · since 2024Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks · since 2024Rizvi Traverse ManagementWest Palm Beach · $25M – $1B checks · since 2024Samsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checks · since 2024SGH CapitalParis · since 2024Sound Media VenturesAtlanta · since 2024Start Capitalsince 2024Team GlobalBerlin · since 2024VU Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checks · since 2024WAGMI Venturessince 2024WealthUnion$10K checks · since 2024WorldQuant VenturesOld Greenwich · since 2024

Co-founders at Figure AI

BABrett Adcock
Brett AdcockExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Stocked Robotics

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Stocked Robotics's investors · 1

Experience

  1. Parkway Venture CapitalFounder, Manager & General Partnercurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Spoons Across AmericaBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  3. FigureBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  4. GTC StealthBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  5. SIERA.AIBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
  6. TestFit Inc.Board Membercurrent2020 — presentDallas, Texas, United States
  7. GembaBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  8. OXOS MedicalBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  9. Columbia University in the City of New YorkColumbia Entrepreneurship Advisory Councilcurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  10. OnScaleBoard Member2021 — 2022New York, New York United States
  11. PTCSenior Vice President of Technology2018 — 2021Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  12. Frustum, a PTC TechnologyFounder & CEO2014 — 2021New York, New York & Boulder, Colorado, United States
  13. AutodeskSenior Optimization Engineer2012 — 2013New York, New York & San Francisco, California
  14. Columbia UniversityAdjunct Assistant Professor2011 — 2013New York, New York

Deals · 3

Hark LabsBoard seat

via Parkway Venture Capital · filed Mar 2026 · $1B raise

TestFitBoard seat

via Parkway Venture Capital · filed Jul 2022 · $20M raise

Stocked RoboticsBoard seat

via Parkway Venture Capital · filed Nov 2021 · $6.9M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Figure AIOXOS

Per SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Parkway Venture Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jesse Coors-Blankenship?
Co-founder and General Partner of Parkway. Founder and former CEO of Frustum, an AI generative-design company sold to PTC in 2018, with prior roles as a senior engineer at Autodesk and academic research positions at Columbia and Cornell.
Where does Jesse Coors-Blankenship work?
Jesse Coors-Blankenship is Co-founder, General Partner of Parkway and Co-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture Capital and Board director at Hark Labs and Board director at Figure AI and Board director at Stocked Robotics.
What check size does Jesse Coors-Blankenship write?
Jesse Coors-Blankenship typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies did Jesse Coors-Blankenship found?
Jesse Coors-Blankenship founded Parkway.
What boards does Jesse Coors-Blankenship sit on?
Jesse Coors-Blankenship holds tracked board seats at Figure AI, Hark Labs, OXOS, Stocked Robotics, TestFit.
Where did Jesse Coors-Blankenship go to school?
Jesse Coors-Blankenship studied at Columbia University (AAR, Advanced Applied Research); Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (MS-AAD, Architecture); University of Southern California (B-Arch, Architecture).

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