I make direct equity investments through JLL Ventures. I back companies I love.
Placer.ai
placer.ai →
Foot-traffic and location intelligence built from anonymized mobile-device data. Used by retail chains, CRE, CPG, restaurants, and municipalities to underwrite siting decisions and study consumer behavior at the property level. As physical-world ROI gets measured the same way digital is, this becomes the data layer underneath every real-estate and retail decision.
LinksDAO
linksdao.io →
Member-owned global golf club. Acquired Spey Bay Links in Scotland as the founding home course and built a network where members access 1,300+ partner courses through a single annual fee. New on-ramp into a sport that has not innovated on access in decades.
Somewhere.com
somewhere.com →
Global talent placement at roughly 80% the cost of US-equivalent hires. Direct-hire and on-demand contractors across 18+ countries, from developers in Eastern Europe to operators in the Philippines. I have used global talent in many of the businesses I have run.
Capital Foundry
capfoundry.com →
Specialty asset-based lender for small businesses and middle-market companies. Non-dilutive credit and working capital where traditional bank debt has tightened. The harder traditional lending gets, the bigger this category grows.
Bolt Storage
boltstorage.com →
Self-storage operator and owner with 67 locations across 11 states, concentrated in secondary and tertiary markets where institutional capital pays less attention. Cycle-resilient real estate, strong operating leverage, and meaningful tax advantages.