Jacob Vaz

Principal at Ironwood Capital · AI applications · applied ML, venture capital

Ironwood Capital

Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

5+ years experience

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

English, Hindi, Marathi

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Overview

I invest in AI applications at Ironwood Capital, usually at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 31 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later. Most at home with applied ML and product. Swimming before work keeps me sane.

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InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $100k cheques into pre-seed AI applications in Europe

Cheque size: $100k
Stages: Seed
Sectors: AI applications
Geographies: MENA
Lead or follow: Co-lead
Decision time: About two weeks
How I help: Hiring the first ten people

Usually the first cheque in. We reply to every founder.

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Experience

Principal
Mar 2025 - Present
Ironwood Capital · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
- Led or co-led 17 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later.
- Previously an operator for 8 years before investing.
- Sit on 3 boards.
Group Product Manager
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
MakeMyTrip · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
- Ran 115 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
Director of Product
Oct 2021 - Sep 2022
Reliance Jio · 11 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
- Ran 169 customer interviews before writing the first spec.

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Education

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
MBA, Business Administration
2021 - 2023
NID Ahmedabad
B.Des, Business Administration
2016 - 2020

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