Jason Mackey
Managing Partner at Athenian Capital
Somerville, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2022 - Current
Backing early-stage founders leveraging unfair advantages to build category-leading dual-use companies.
We invest up to $1M in early-stage founders exploiting unfair advantages to build category-leading companies.
Candidate for Somerville City Council
2025
New Ideas | Bold Vision | Decisive Leadership
Director
2021 - 2024
501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to implementing FDR's Second Bill of Rights (Economic Rights).
Candidate for State Representative
2022 - 2022
Entrepreneur, pragmatist, and democratic candidate for State Representative of the 27th Middlesex.
Co-founder/CEO
2018 - 2022
Strategy consulting firm and expert network of c-level executives. Formerly Venturitas Consulting Group.
Expert network of c-level executives at some of the world’s most promising, prominent, & notable companies.
Co-founder/CEO
2017 - 2019
Boutique retailer helping busy professionals experience the outdoors and prepare for the unknown.
Selling tough products for tough people.
Co-founder/Publisher
2016 - 2018
London-based alternative lifestyle and progressive thought magazine serving London, Bristol, and Brighton.
Co-founder/CEO
2013 - 2018
Venture studio and consulting firm helping early-stage companies plan, launch, and grow. Now Venturitas.
Sales Director
2012 - 2013
Simple, no-nonsense online advertising for professional and blue-collar small businesses nationwide.
Yodel is an all-in-one local internet marketing & advertising solution for small businesses.
Raised $40,000,002.00 from Stratim Capital and Employee Stock Option Fund.
Co-founder/CRO
2007 - 2012
First startup. Demand response-based ESCO offering holistic solutions to commercial energy efficiency. Formerly Mackey Energy Services.