Jason Guss

CEO at Octane Lending

📍 United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 3 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2022
VC🌍 United States
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Aug 2022
CapitalOS is an embedded spend management infrastructure for B2B platforms, providing all the building blocks to launch within days. Our technology integrates with just a single API call, offering embedded white-labeled user-experience and charge cards (physical and virtual). By integrating CapitalOS, platforms create a new revenue stream, increase their customers LTV, and avoid the extensive multi-year commitment and resource-intensive process of developing in-house service. CapitalOS handles the underlying complexities, including risk, capital, underwriting, compliance and more. With a deep understanding of small businesses spend and credit needs, CapitalOS developed technology and operational infrastructure to empower B2B platforms to offer spend management within days. With CapitalOS, platforms can save their small businesses time and money while focusing on effective spend management and improved cash flow control.
Board Member
Oct 2021
Nexu offers the most flexible auto leasing product on the market and approves its customers in real-time. Our team understands the difficulties that individuals encounter in finding the right leasing product with favorable terms. We use technology to offer a unique leasing product with the best conditions and an immediate approval process.
Board Member
Feb 2020
Petals aim is to bring financial innovation and opportunity to everyone. We use modern technology to help people build credit, avoid debt, and spend responsibly. When you apply for Petal, we use your banking history to instantly create a Cash Score — a measure of your creditworthiness based on income, spending, and savings history. It could help you qualify for a Petal credit card, even if youve never had credit before.
Experience · 5 entries
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Investments (3)
Board (2)
2022
Investor
Aug 2022
CapitalOS is an embedded spend management infrastructure for B2B platforms, providing all the building blocks to launch within days. Our technology integrates with just a single API call, offering embedded white-labeled user-experience and charge cards (physical and virtual). By integrating CapitalOS, platforms create a new revenue stream, increase their customers LTV, and avoid the extensive multi-year commitment and resource-intensive process of developing in-house service. CapitalOS handles the underlying complexities, including risk, capital, underwriting, compliance and more. With a deep understanding of small businesses spend and credit needs, CapitalOS developed technology and operational infrastructure to empower B2B platforms to offer spend management within days. With CapitalOS, platforms can save their small businesses time and money while focusing on effective spend management and improved cash flow control.
2021
Board Member
Oct 2021
Nexu offers the most flexible auto leasing product on the market and approves its customers in real-time. Our team understands the difficulties that individuals encounter in finding the right leasing product with favorable terms. We use technology to offer a unique leasing product with the best conditions and an immediate approval process.
2020
Board Member
Feb 2020
Petals aim is to bring financial innovation and opportunity to everyone. We use modern technology to help people build credit, avoid debt, and spend responsibly. When you apply for Petal, we use your banking history to instantly create a Cash Score — a measure of your creditworthiness based on income, spending, and savings history. It could help you qualify for a Petal credit card, even if youve never had credit before.
2012
Strategy Associate
Sep 2012
At Capital One, were making things better for our customers and associates through innovation and collaboration. We were founded on the belief that everyone deserves financial freedom—and are dedicated to a world where all have equal opportunity to prosper. Banking is in our DNA, but we are so much more than a bank. We always think about what’s next—and how we can bring our customers the tools needed to improve their financial lives. Your ideas, experiences and skills will help make banking better. You’ll be part of a supportive culture while earning amazing benefits. That’s life at Capital One. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. View our Social Media Community Guidelines https://www.capitalone.com/digital/social-media/
2011
New Amsterdam Partners
Summer Equity Analyst
Jun 2011
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