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Jared Golden

High growth business builder, advisor and investor

📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States🔄 Updated November 2026💼 3 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2016𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Investor/Manager
Jun 2016
Viking Investment Management is the investment management entity of Jared Golden and Amish Tolia, two entrepreneurs based in Chicago.
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Co-Founder & Board Member
Nov 2013
We accelerate innovation and growth by leveraging our community of change agents and our personal experience to deliver best-in- class advisory and project management services. We provide consulting and project management services for leaders on both sides of the table – growth stage companies and innovative enterprise solution providers, and leaders of major brands.
Board Member
Sep 2013
Worthee was founded in 2013 by a handful of of uber- obsessed dog lovers. Our love, care and attention for our members’ dogs goes beyond simplifying daily life. It’s about validating the bond between each dog and each member. Our vision for the company embraces the belief that dogs have the innate ability to connect with humans on a level that turns us all into the best version of ourself. They enhance our lives, they bring infinite amounts of love and they do it all intentionally. Each dog is special. Every dog is Worthee. Our experienced, trained, bonded and insured walkers and sitters take extra special care and always go the extra mile to ensure that each pup is safe and sound at all times. They come prepackaged with a huge heart and deep love for dogs and can’t imagine their life without the company of a four-legged friend. The remaining ingredients: Top notch, first class, out of this world, super detailed training from Worthee University. Class education coupled with written exams, field training and hours of follow alongs. Simply put, we take a bunch of dog lovers and equip them with out of this world dog handling skills to make sure our members' and their dogs receive nothing but the best love, care and attention 24x7x365!
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2018
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
May 2018
Leap is building the worlds largest network of branded retail stores – powered by data, systems and scale. The Leap Platform enables brands to deploy stores that work in concert with ecommerce more rapidly and at significantly reduced cost and risk. Brand stores powered by Leap bring modern brands to life with compelling, immersive customer experience and data driven operations. At Leap, our diverse, growing team is excited by the opportunity to power the next generation of leading consumer brands with a vibrant presence in local communities throughout the country. Were one of the fastest growing companies in the retail/ecommerce space - since launch weve powered stores for +100 brands, and were adding more brands and stores each month. Our brand customers are modern brands who lead or aspire to lead their categories today and tomorrow, and *outstanding* people are literally at the core of our product. Our organization is composed of a diverse range of talented individuals and teams. With functions like Real Estate, Store Design & Development, Retail Operations, Marketing, Engineering, Product Management and Data Science, were a truly unique company and our shared ambitions and core values tightly align and drive us to succeed.
early stageRetail
Co-Founder & Co-CEO / President
May 2018
Leap is building the worlds largest network of branded retail stores – powered by data, systems and scale. The Leap Platform enables brands to deploy stores that work in concert with ecommerce more rapidly and at significantly reduced cost and risk. Brand stores powered by Leap bring modern brands to life with compelling, immersive customer experience and data driven operations. At Leap, our diverse, growing team is excited by the opportunity to power the next generation of leading consumer brands with a vibrant presence in local communities throughout the country. Were one of the fastest growing companies in the retail/ecommerce space - since launch weve powered stores for +100 brands, and were adding more brands and stores each month. Our brand customers are modern brands who lead or aspire to lead their categories today and tomorrow, and *outstanding* people are literally at the core of our product. Our organization is composed of a diverse range of talented individuals and teams. With functions like Real Estate, Store Design & Development, Retail Operations, Marketing, Engineering, Product Management and Data Science, were a truly unique company and our shared ambitions and core values tightly align and drive us to succeed.
early stageRetail
2016
Investor/Manager
Jun 2016
Viking Investment Management is the investment management entity of Jared Golden and Amish Tolia, two entrepreneurs based in Chicago.
early stage
2013
Co-Founder, Managing Director & Board Member
Nov 2013
We accelerate innovation and growth by leveraging our community of change agents and our personal experience to deliver best-in- class advisory and project management services. We provide consulting and project management services for leaders on both sides of the table – growth stage companies and innovative enterprise solution providers, and leaders of major brands.
Co-Founder & Board Member
Nov 2013
We accelerate innovation and growth by leveraging our community of change agents and our personal experience to deliver best-in- class advisory and project management services. We provide consulting and project management services for leaders on both sides of the table – growth stage companies and innovative enterprise solution providers, and leaders of major brands.
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