George Jian

Investor at Riverwood Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

George Jian is an Investor at Riverwood Capital in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a strong background in financial modeling, venture capital, and private equity. Notable career highlights include serving as Vice President at Riverwood Capital and holding previous roles at McKinsey & Company and University Ventures. George Jian has a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University, studied Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and has a diverse investment portfolio that includes companies like UBITS, Petlove&Co, and ForgeRock.

Work Experience 

  • Vice President

    2023 - Current

    Riverwood Capital is a globally-focused growth equity firm that invests in high-growth technology businesses, currently investing out of our $1.8B Fund IV, raised in 2023. Please feel free to reach out above.

  • Senior Associate

    2022 - 2022

  • Associate

    2020 - 2021

Riverwood Capital invests in technology companies in need of financial and intellectual capital to scale.

  • Investor

    2022

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2021

Degreed is an upskilling platform where individuals and organizations can discover content, build skills, and certify expertise.

Raised $462,741,463.00 from Dragon Capital and Mighty Capital.

  • Investor

    2020 - 2023

    formerly NYSE:FORG, acquired by Thoma Bravo

ForgeRock is a multinational software company that develops commercial open-source identity and access management products.

Raised $233,665,000.00 from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Accel, Foundation Capital, Riverwood Capital and Meritech Capital Partners.

  • Investor and Board Member

    2020 - 2020

    Acquired by Frontline Education

  • Senior Associate

    2019 - 2019

    University Ventures (now Achieve Partners) is a leading venture capital and private equity firm focused on the global higher education and workforce development sector. Portfolio Companies: + EverTrue + Packback + Vemo Education + Motimatic + Ready Education

  • Associate

    2018 - 2019

University Ventures is higher education sector.

  • Senior Business Analyst

    2018 - 2018

    At McKinsey, I served private and public sector clients across higher education, health care, e-commerce, and the non-profit sector.

  • Business Analyst

    2016 - 2018

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

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