Jesse Coors-Blankenship
InvestorManaging 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
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.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Board director at Hark Labs
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Hark Labs's investors · 1
Co-founders at Hark Labs
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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 checksEvolution 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
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Brett AdcockExecutive Officer, Director
Board director at Stocked Robotics
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Stocked Robotics's investors · 1
Experience
- Parkway Venture CapitalFounder, Manager & General Partnercurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- FigureBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- GTC StealthBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- SIERA.AIBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- TestFit Inc.Board Membercurrent2020 — presentDallas, Texas, United States
- GembaBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- OXOS MedicalBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- Spoons Across AmericaBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkColumbia Entrepreneurship Advisory Councilcurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- OnScaleBoard Member2021 — 2022New York, United States
- PTCSenior Vice President of Technology2018 — 2021Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Frustum, a PTC TechnologyFounder & CEO2014 — 2021New York, New York & Boulder, Colorado, United States
- AutodeskSenior Optimization Engineer2012 — 2013New York, New York & San Francisco, California
- 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
Per SEC Form D filings.
Colleagues at Parkway Venture Capital
Brian Hoyt
Chief Operations Officer at Parkway Venture Capital
Brittany Fowler
Executive Assistant at Riphean Investments
Dr. John L Evans Jr
Venture Partner at Parkway Venture Capital
Dr. Jonathan Hiller
Advisory Board at Parkway Venture Capital
Gregg Hill
Co-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture Capital
Ian Campbell
Advisory Board at Parkway Venture Capital
John Blaffer Royall
Venture Partner at Parkway Venture Capital
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Kirk Spahn
Advisory Board 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 Managing 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 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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Also worked at OnScale3
Also worked at Autodesk60
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