Jacob Yormak
Managing Partner at Story Ventures
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and Managing Partner
2016 - Current
Story Ventures is an early-stage investment firm that specializes in the building blocks of automated systems: the capture of data via physical sensors, the normalization of disparate data, and the application of artificial intelligence to newly accessible data. Story specializes in companies that capture or enable the utilization of closed, proprietary data, to generate valuable insights.
Board Member
2017
Inspiren has built the first integrated hardware + software care platform to transform senior living. Smarter care, on every wall. One room at a time.
Board Member
2022
Sheer Health provides consumers and providers with an AI copilot to access health insurance data and take action to reduce medical costs and complexities.
Board Member
2020
Phood is an integrated hardware + software platform that utilizes computer vision to reduce food waste at the point of production.
Board Member
2022
Delfina is a data platform for obstetrics providers to utilize machine learning and predictive analytics to prevent adverse pregnancy events.
Board Observer
2020
viaPhoton is a robotics-enabled manufacturer of high density fiber optic solutions for data centers, creating end-to-end fiber connectivity for machine intelligence.
Board Observer
2020
Motorq integrates with vehicle manufacturers to provide the leading connected vehicle data platform for automotive data.
Board Observer
2023
Prism is a data structuring and insights business that helps financial services customers accurately assess the creditworthiness of borrowers via advanced cash-flow-underwriting models that process open banking data.
Prism Data is a cash flow underwriting infrastructure and analytics platform powering the next generation of risk scoring.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Story Ventures, Valar Ventures, Synchrony Ventures, Citi Impact Fund, Obvious Ventures, Core Innovation Capital and Plaid.
Attorney
2015 - 2016
Represented startup technology companies in connection with corporate formation, financing, governance, IP strategy, and liquidity.
Gunderson Dettmer is a business law firm that is focused on global venture capital and emerging technology.
Attorney
2013 - 2015
Represented public and private companies and financial institutions in connection with complex debt and equity transactions.