Ainslie Partners
Growth Capital & Flexible Investment Structures
Jacob Kerzner
Seasoned Alternative Investment Professional
Former Vice President at Portage Partners, a $1.5B AUM private alternative investment firm backed by the founders and key principals of prominent hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, and real estate development firms
Active across venture, growth, private equity, and special situation investments
Invested +$350 million across +60 opportunities over six years
Led +10 discrete, non-banked secondary sale of credit and venture assets, generating +$100 million in liquidity
Angel investor across +25 startups and funds
The Entrepreneurial Journey
Graduated Summa Cum Laude on full scholarship from Babson College, consistently ranked #1 university for Entrepreneurship
Worked +20 jobs across restaurants, procurement, law offices, financial services, startups, and political campaigns
Joined as the fourth hire at Washify, a private-equity backed point-of-sale/connected hardware business focused on car washes. Acquired in 2021 by DRB Systems, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, later acquired by Vontier, NYSE:VNT)
Incubated a real estate technology startup at ZX Ventures, the corporate venture and innovation arm of AB-InBev, the largest beer company in the world
Founding team member of 10 East, a members-only platform for individuals to access vetted alternative investments
Venture Partner at Coolwater Capital, which has helped launch +300 emerging manager funds
Advised in the launch of multiple funds and startups, which have raised +$350 million in collective funding
Founder of Ainslie Partners LLC
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Flexible Mandate
Flexible investment structure
$1M - $20M in revenue
Breakeven or profitable
Value-Add
"Putting the right people in the right room"
Forming strategic syndicates of family offices, funds, operators, advisors, and institutions - or a single, value-add partner.
First Principles Mindset
Optimizing for aligned interest
Easy to understand thesis
Clear use of proceeds
CASE STUDIES, REFERENCES, AND INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST