Noah has been an entrepreneur and investor for over 20 years. As an angel investor prior to forming Javelin Venture Partners, Noah has supported over a dozen start-ups including Keyhole (Google), Cantametrix (Gracenote), Amae Software (Verint), Nuvon, Aquea Scientific, Ritter Natural Sciences, Emdigo, Magnacash (Yaga), and i-mint India. Noah most recently directed the enterprise product line for Google's geospatial products, Google Earth and Google Maps. Prior to Google, Noah managed the Sales and Corporate Development functions at Keyhole, Inc., the venture capital backed company that created the first Web hosted digital earth model and was acquired by Google in 2004.
Prior to Keyhole, Noah helped establish the Internet loyalty rewards marketplace as a co-founder of MyPoints.com, the largest Internet loyalty program with over 6 million active members, where he led product management and business development functions from the company's inception through an initial public offering and subsequent acquisition by United Airlines. Prior to MyPoints, Noah was based in Tokyo where he managed overseas sales and marketing for the OEM channel of Matsushita's (Panasonic) communications equipment subsidiary in Japan. In other roles, he was chairman of the management board of the University of California, Berkeley's campus bookstore, a $17 million retail operation, and also held product management and operations management roles at IBM/Rational (Pure Atria) and Oracle. Noah holds M.B.A. and B.A. Economics degrees, as well as certificates in Management of Technology and Global Management from University of California – Berkeley.
One of the pioneers of Internet commerce, Jed has spent his 18-year career developing, advising and investing in early stage technology ventures. Recently, Jed also served on the Technology, Telecom & Media advisory group for President Barack Obama's campaign. Prior to joining Javelin Venture Partners, Jed was a Managing Director of DFJ Gotham Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York, where he was selected in the "Silicon Alley 100", an annual list of the most influential people in New York digital business, by the website Silicon Alley Insider. Prior to DFJ Gotham, Jed was the COO of Yamcon, the developer of the highly acclaimed "SkyScout", one of the best selling astronomy products of all time.
Prior to Yamcon, Jed was the COO and Founder of Rent Net, the Internet's first rental and relocation guide. Rent Net achieved 95% market penetration and became one of the first profitable Internet companies. It was acquired by Cendant, and three years later, Jed used its infrastructure as the starting point for the formation of Move.com, one of the Internet's largest real estate sites. Move.com grew to 360 employees and was acquired by Homestore (NASDAQ: MOVE) for over $900 million. Jed holds a B.A. in Business Economics from UCLA and an M.B.A. from The Haas School of Business at the University of California – Berkeley, where he was awarded the Price Fellowship from the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, of which he is currently on the advisory board.
As Finance Director for Javelin, Andria McCool provides critical input and guidance to portfolio companies on their financial policies and procedures. Andria McCool has held numerous senior financial and operational roles at early stage software, semiconductor and geospatial technology companies. After earning her M.B.A. from University of California, Irvine at the age of 22, Andria joined PriceWaterhouse Coopers in public accounting. With a solid grounding in audit and forensic accounting, Andria moved on to key financial roles at CompCore Multimedia (Zoran), GigaPixel (Nvidia) and Intrinsic Graphics (Activision).
Most recently, Andria led public sector evangelism for Keyhole, Inc. through the company's acquisition by Google, where she was recognized by the federal agency NGA for playing a critical role in coordinating the response to Hurricane Katrina. Andria is an active volunteer in support of the advancement of technology in the public interest and she received recognition for her work promoting global citizenship in 2006 by the Global Connection Project, a partnership of Carnegie Mellon, NASA, National Geographic and Google. Andria also obtained her B.A. in Political Science from University of California – Irvine.