The 81 Collection
Jordan Fulghum is an experienced leader in product development and design, currently serving as the CEO of Kaizen Labs since January 2020, where the focus is on building generative AI experiences and collaborating on special projects for notable clients such as Ford Motors and Intercontinental Hotels. In addition to this role, Jordan is a founding member of The 81 Collection, which aims to invest in the 81% of the economy that is typically underfunded. Prior experience includes significant contributions at Rocketmiles, a Booking Holdings company, where Jordan held multiple leadership positions and played a key role in scaling the business to $1 billion in annual total transaction volume. Furthermore, Jordan has held various design and product roles at companies such as Tide Cleaners, Groupon, and Nordstrom Trunk Club, as well as a foundational software development position at Scrapblog. Jordan holds a degree from the University of Miami.
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The 81 Collection
We are the founders fund for un-sexy industries. We seek to back entrepreneurs transforming boring trades, hard work, unpleasant spaces, and structural inequity. Businesses in these industries still attract less seed funding at lower valuations because venture believes these industries are still low margin, capital intensive, difficult to scale, and full of red tape, respectively. However, this narrative will soon flip. Automation is transforming services into goods businesses, and mass-produced hardware can now create beautiful, individual experiences. Start-ups will transform low growth and low margin industries into high growth and high margin ones. As we look around, 19% of GDP attracts more than 50% of venture capital activity. 81% of the U.S. GDP is starved of innovation and it’s now possible to fully digitize these industries. Dream big, and we'll have your back.