About
Jonathan Drillings is a Senior Partner at Riverside Acceleration Capital, a hybrid growth capital platform within The Riverside Company that provides non-dilutive loans and growth equity to expansion-stage B2B software and AI companies. He previously held investment roles at Comcast Ventures and Investor Growth Capital, and spent several years in operational and product leadership at enterprise software companies including Yext and BrightWire. Drillings holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University (2004) and has additional experience in venture capital and investment banking.
Experience
- meldjoyFounder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentRaleigh, North Carolina, United States
- anybodyashramFounder and CEOcurrent2026 — present
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Senior Advisorcurrent2025 — presentArlington, Virginia, United States
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Program Manager2020 — 2025
- Translation CommonsComputational Linguistcurrent2026 — present
- United States Department of DefenseComputational Linguist2013 — 2020
- University of Colorado at BoulderGraduate Research Assistant2008 — 2013
- University of Colorado at BoulderGraduate Student Researcher2006 — 2008
- Front Range Community CollegePart-Time Spanish Instructor2006 — 2007
Skills & more
Computational Linguistics5Linguistics4Research7Natural Language Processing6Teaching1Qualitative Research1Semantics1Cognitive Science1
Languages English · Japanese · Spanish
From Jonathan's professional profile.
Colleagues at The Riverside Company
Anne Hayes
Capital Markets Senior Partner at The Riverside Company
Barron Fletcher
Associate at The Riverside Company
Chris Thoen
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board & IC Member (PeakBridge Growth II) at PeakBridge VC
Grant Marcks
Partner, Origination at The Riverside Company
Mark Fishman
Principal at The Riverside Company
Peter Muncey
Vice President at The Riverside Company
Peter Tsang
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund (RCAF) at The Riverside Company
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jonathan Drillings?
- Jonathan Drillings is a Senior Partner at Riverside Acceleration Capital, a hybrid growth capital platform within The Riverside Company that provides non-dilutive loans and growth equity to expansion-stage B2B software and AI companies. He previously held investment roles at Comcast Ventures and Investor Growth Capital, and spent several years in operational and product leadership at enterprise software companies including Yext and BrightWire. Drillings holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University (2004) and has additional experience in venture capital and investment banking.
- Where does Jonathan Drillings work?
- Jonathan Drillings is Senior Partner at The Riverside Company.
- Where did Jonathan Drillings go to school?
- Jonathan Drillings studied at University of Colorado Boulder (PhD, Linguistics); University of Colorado Boulder (MA, Linguistics); Rhodes College (BA, Spanish).
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