Jacob Poliskin
Founding Partner at Shorewind Capital
Greater Philadelphia
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Partner
2024 - Current
Shorewind Capital is an early stage venture capital firm anchored by David Rubenstein.
Head of Investments
2021
David Adelman's family office: https://darcocapital.com/
Darco Capital is an investment firm that focuses on investing on technology and consumer businesses.
Senior Associate
2016 - 2021
Reported directly to MC. Led Mark's seed/series A investments in: Settle, Fort Robotics, Neutral, Art of Sport, Osaro, Moov Technologies, Underdog Fantasy, Datafleets (acq. 2021), Lightyear.AI, Strella Biotech, Fabric8, Toggle Robotics, Hala Systems, Allure Systems, Unite Genomics, Gecko Robotics, Apptopia, Synthesia, Biomeme, Defined, Momentum and more. Post investment acted as conduit between Mark and software portfolio companies. Led computer vision program with Dallas Mavericks.
Analyst
2014 - 2016
Summer Analyst
2014 - 2014
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.
Investment Manager
2014 - 2014
Co-managed a $5 million MBA student run venture capital fund as only undergrad student.
Education
Bachelor's degree
2011 - 2015