Number of Portfolio Companies 7
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Founder & CEO
  • Primary Organization 
    Braintrust
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
  • Number of Exits 

Adam is a serial technology entrepreneur and investor that has spent his career creating and deploying capital into software systems that make complex tasks simple and intuitive. He's started 4 VC-backed companies and an asset management company over the last 16 years.

Since August, 2017 he has served as Managing Partner & CTO of

Cambrian Asset Management, a blockchain asset management company. He is also co-founder and CEO of Freelance Labs, Inc., the company building a new tokenized talent network called Braintrust which raised a $5m seed round in 2018.

In 2012, he co-founded and served as CEO of Doctor On Demand, a healthcare service that provides Video Visits with board-certified physicians and psychologists. Doctor On Demand delivers services through employers, health systems, health plans, and directly to consumers and has raised $165M in VC.

His previous business, DriverSide was founded in 2007 and was acquired by Advance Auto Parts in September of 2011.

His first venture-backed business, MarketSquare, founded in 2004, was the first online local shopping destinations on the Internet. It was acquired by Intuit in September of 2006.

He is an angel investor in 45+ companies/projects, including: LTSE, Seated, Bolt, Placer, Aktana, Skale Labs, Protocol Labs, JCTurbo, Apero Health, Rapportive, MyTime, Automatic, Womply, Superhuman and Zenefits.

Number of Investments 7
Adam Jackson has made 7 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Collectibles.com on Jun 13, 2023, when Collectibles.com raised
$5M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jun 13, 2023
Collectibles.com
Seed Round - Collectibles.com
$5M
Oct 4, 2022
Spexi Geospatial Inc.
Seed Round - Spexi Geospatial Inc.
$5.5M
Mar 17, 2021
Syndicate
Seed Round - Syndicate
$1M
Aug 1, 2014
Womply
No
Venture Round - Womply
$20M
Jul 26, 2013
Zenefits
Seed Round - Zenefits
$2.1M
May 1, 2012
MyTime
No
Series A - MyTime
$3M
Aug 2, 2010
Rapportive
Seed Round - Rapportive
$1M
Number of Exits 
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Adam Jackson has exits. Their most notable exits are Zenefits and Rapportive.
  • Zenefits Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
  • Rapportive Rapportive is an email add-on that displays social media info about contacts inside the users’ inbox.
Number of Current Jobs 4
Number of Past Jobs 5
Adam Jackson has 4 current jobs including Founder & CEO at Braintrust, Co-Founder at Braintrust, and Investor at Womply. Additionally, Adam Jackson has had 5 past jobs including Managing Partner & CTO at Cambrian Asset Management.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Cambrian Asset Management
Managing Partner & CTO2017May 2018
Doctor On Demand
Co-Founder & Chief Executive OfficerNov 2012May 2016
DriverSide
Founder & Chief Product OfficerJul 2007Aug 2011
Intuit
Senior Product Development ManagerAug 2006Jun 2007
Intuit
Founder & President (MarketSquare)Jan 2004Aug 2006
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
Adam Jackson holds 6 board and advisor roles including Director at Cleanshelf, Investor & Advisor at Automatic, and Investor & Advisor at Rapportive.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Zappedy
AdvisorAug 1, 2009Jul 18, 2011
Airseed
Founder
Adam Jackson studied at Vanderbilt University.
Number of Events 2
Adam Jackson has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Techsylvania 2019 on Jun 8, 2019.
Number of News Articles 49
Funding RoundJun 13, 2023
Collectibles.com raised $5,000,000 / Seed from Adam Jackson and 8 other investors
Funding RoundOct 4, 2022
Spexi Geospatial Inc. raised $5,500,000 / Seed from Adam Jackson and 9 other investors
NewsMay 24, 2021
Innovate Finance – The Voice of Global FinTech — Innovate Finance appoints Adam Jackson as new Director of Policy
NewsMay 18, 2021
Around the Coin - Fintech Podcast — Episode 246: Adam Jackson, Founder & CEO of Braintrust
Funding RoundMar 17, 2021
Syndicate raised $1,000,000 / Seed from Adam Jackson and 46 other investors