Jake T.

General Manager, UK 👻 🇬🇧 at Snap Inc

📍 United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2025
Angel investor🌍 United Arab EmiratesInvested this year
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Oct 2025
Shackleton designs and develops performance apparel and expedition experiences. Driven by exploration and innovation, Shackleton is built on the values of polar titan Sir Ernest Shackleton and exists to inspire, prepare and equip individuals for the challenge. Informed by world-class polar expertise, the apparel range includes high-performance down jackets, heritage-inspired knitwear and expedition-grade parkas, engineered for extreme environments. Shackleton Challenges deliver unique expedition experiences in some of the world’s most spectacular and extreme locations. Meticulously planned, the Challenges aim to have a transformational impact, developing a participants physical, mental and emotional capabilities and outlook on life.
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Jun 2022
Sustainable innovation. Rethink waste. Single-use plastic destined for landfill becomes technical apparel. Fabrics certified by Global Recycled Standard, Bluesign, Oetko-Tex and U Trust. Recycled coffee beans power our odour control technology. Fearless performance. Your new favourite piece. Constructed to flow with you, no matter what you’re doing. Engineered to be comfortable enough for rest. Powerful enough for play. How you wear it is up to you.
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2025
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Oct 2025
Shackleton designs and develops performance apparel and expedition experiences. Driven by exploration and innovation, Shackleton is built on the values of polar titan Sir Ernest Shackleton and exists to inspire, prepare and equip individuals for the challenge. Informed by world-class polar expertise, the apparel range includes high-performance down jackets, heritage-inspired knitwear and expedition-grade parkas, engineered for extreme environments. Shackleton Challenges deliver unique expedition experiences in some of the world’s most spectacular and extreme locations. Meticulously planned, the Challenges aim to have a transformational impact, developing a participants physical, mental and emotional capabilities and outlook on life.
2023
Board Member (IAA UAE)
Dec 2023
The International Advertising Association is the world’s only globally-focused ‘tripartite’ advertising trade association with membership representing advertisers, agencies and the media. Established in 1938 as a not-for-profit organization, the IAA is comprised of corporate members, organizational members, education affiliates, as well as Chapters with individual members and young professionals from over 40 countries. The IAAs mission statement includes: ∙ Promoting the critical role and benefits of advertising as a vital force behind all healthy economies and the foundation of diverse, independent media. ∙ Providing a forum to debate emerging professional marketing communications users and their consequences in the fast changing world environment. ∙ Promoting brand building, protecting and advancing the freedom of commercial speech and consumer choice. ∙ Encouraging greater practice and acceptance of advertising self-regulation. ∙ Taking the lead in state-of-the-art professional development through education and training for the marketing communications industry.
2022
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Jun 2022
Sustainable innovation. Rethink waste. Single-use plastic destined for landfill becomes technical apparel. Fabrics certified by Global Recycled Standard, Bluesign, Oetko-Tex and U Trust. Recycled coffee beans power our odour control technology. Fearless performance. Your new favourite piece. Constructed to flow with you, no matter what you’re doing. Engineered to be comfortable enough for rest. Powerful enough for play. How you wear it is up to you.
2020
Managing Director, UAE
Sep 2020
Snap is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.
Board Member, GCC
Feb 2020
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy. Its membership comprises more than 700 leading media companies, brands, agencies, and the technology firms responsible for selling, delivering, and optimizing digital ad marketing campaigns. The trade group fields critical research on interactive advertising, while also educating brands, agencies, and the wider business community on the importance of digital marketing. In affiliation with the IAB Tech Lab, IAB develops technical standards and solutions. IAB is committed to professional development and elevating the knowledge, skills, expertise, and diversity of the workforce across the industry. Through the work of its public policy office in Washington, D.C., the trade association advocates for its members and promotes the value of the interactive advertising industry to legislators and policymakers. Founded in 1996, IAB is headquartered in New York City.
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