Jennifer Krusius

Jennifer Krusius is a venture partner at Columbia Capital where she focuses on investments in internet infrastructure and smart cities. In this capacity, she leads the exploration and build out of new investment thesis, negotiates investments, and advises venture and growth stage companies. At Columbia Capital, Jennifer co-founded Vivacity Networks, a connected infrastructure company, where she continues to provide strategic and operational support. Before Columbia Capital, she was the General Manager of Uber Technologies’ business in Pennsylvania. At Uber, she led business operations, scaling the business to 100% of the state, and oversaw product launches, marketing, business development, and the passing of statewide legislation. Prior to working at Uber, Jennifer was a private equity investor at IFC Asset Management Company and Emerging Capital Partners, where she worked with growing companies in the media, telecom, infrastructure, mining, and financial institutions sectors, focusing primarily on companies and investments in Africa and South America. Jennifer received her Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University and her MBA from Harvard Business School. She is on the board at Vivacity Networks and advises startups in the autonomous vehicle, technology and infrastructure spaces.