
Jay Simons
General Partner
Jay brings over 15 years of experience in the software industry. Formerly the President of Atlassian, Jay helped teams collaborate, build software, and serve customers better, with more than 43,000 organizations—including Citigroup, eBay, Coca-Cola, Gilt Groupe, P&G, BMW, and NASA—using Atlassian’s suite of tools. He began his career at Plumtree Software, holding multiple senior roles in marketing and sales, and was instrumental in expanding the company into Europe and Asia Pacific. After Plumtree's acquisition by BEA Systems in 2005, Jay became Vice President of Marketing for BEA Systems, which Oracle later acquired in 2008.
Investor scope
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Investment stages
Seed
Target regions
USA
Investment ranges
$0 - $100K
$100K - $500K
$500K - $1M
$1M - $3M
$3M - $10M
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