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Jon Dishotsky

Partner at Giant Ventures

Stockholm, Stockholm County

Overview 

Jon Dishotsky is a Partner at Giant Ventures and a former CEO & Co-Founder of Starcity. He has invested in various successful companies like AvantStay and has a diverse skill set in areas such as real estate, financial modeling, and strategic planning. Dishotsky's career highlights include founding Starcity and securing investments in companies like AvantStay, showcasing his expertise in real estate and venture capital. Currently, he serves as a Partner at Giant Ventures, where he continues to make impactful investments in sectors like FinTech and CleanTech.

Work Experience 

DC

Daft Capital

  • Founding Partner

    2025 - Current

    Investor in multiple unicorns, and over 50 companies including: AvantStay, Leya, Lovable, Limitless, Marine Layer, Mercury, Premier, Remote, The Bot Company, Varda Space, Verifiable, WeFunder and more. I am also an LP in Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund and Alt Capital.

GV

Giant Ventures

  • Partner

    2020 - 2025

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Starcity

  • CEO & Co-Founder

    2015 - 2021

    Founded May of 2016, Starcity became one of the largest global developers and operators of coliving housing. The company was featured in the WSJ, NY Times, and Citylab, and raised over $50M of venture capital from a great stable of existing investors including Bullpen Capital, NEA, Social Capital, Urban Us, Y Combinator and notable angel investors Immad Akhund, Paul Buchheit, Othman Laraki, Trip Adler and David Rusenko. Acquihired by Common in 2021.

Starcity is a tech-enabled platform that provides coliving options for renters in expensive cities.

Raised $51,250,000.00 from Peak State Ventures, Reshape, Bullpen Capital, Pay It Forward VC, Y Combinator and Deciens Capital.

starcity.com
CS

Custom Spaces Commercial Real Estate

  • Principal

    2014 - 2015

    Provided workplace solutions and consulting for some of the most prominent startups to come out of San Francisco including Cruise, Keynote Software, Mixpanel, Optimizely, Quip, Rescale, Scribd, Weebly, Y Combinator, and Zenefits.

C&

Cushman & Wakefield

  • Senior Director

    2007 - 2014

    Transitioned from Research Specialist to Consultant. Advised institutional clients such as UBS, Metlife, INVESCO, and Fortress and real estate strategy. Transitioned to a leadership role and developed C&W's Technology Advisory practice. Became fastest to rise to Top 100 production in the firm's history.

  • Research Specialist

    2006 - 2007

    Hired after a successful internship in 2004. Co-developed an internal global real estate data tool known as Site Solutions, a competitor to Costar.

C&

Cushman & Wakefield

  • Research Intern

    2004 - 2004

    Joined the San Francisco office as a summer intern. Developed multiple deliverables including: - Citywide parking survey - Database refactor of property information - Presentation on technology trends

Education 

Investments 

Loops

Seed Round

Total funding: $16M

Odys Aviation

Seed Round

Total funding: $28M

GoodTrust

Seed Round

Total funding: $12M

Jupe

Seed Round

Total funding: $20M

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