Fast Forward Venture Studio
Jake Bright is an experienced professional currently serving as the Director of Communications and Investor Relations at ECM - PCB Stator Technology and as a Venture Partner at Fast Forward Venture Studio since June 2022. Holding the position of President at JRB Ventures since March 2011, Jake has also contributed as a Contributing Writer and Advisor on Africa for TechCrunch from January 2017 to December 2020. Additional notable roles include Innovation Lead and Co-Producer for MIT's Open-Mic Africa Seminar in 2019, contract author of the award-winning book "The Next Africa," and positions at BLOOMBERG LP, FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION, and The Bank of New York/BNY Mellon. Jake's educational background includes a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a BA in International Relations from Michigan State University.
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Fast Forward Venture Studio
We partner with ambitious founders to launch and fund companies unlocking prosperity in Africa using technology. This is done via a venture studio that builds companies and a syndicated fund investing in pre-seed tech companies led by African founders. We’ve backed 45+ startups with 16x multiple on money invested including Reliance Health, Bumpa, Altschool and Dojah.io Our founders built Jobberman, Nigeria’s largest job site and launched Jumia Pay (NYSE:JMIA). We can’t do this alone, join 200+ Africans who are taking charge of changing Africa one venture at a time through deal sharing, zoom sessions with founders and co-investing Join venture syndicate: bit.ly/ffjoin22