Jay Markley

Investor in communications and technology industries

📍 United States, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 17 investments📅 20 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2022
Angel investor🌍 United States
17
Total investments
6
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1
Mid stage
1
Late stage
20y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor
Oct 2022
Relish apps strategically extend enterprise applications to maximize investment. Rarely does an enterprise software solution meet all user requirements. At Relish, we fully understand enterprise software gaps and are obsessed with building a scalable solution to remedy them. The Relish Application Platform is powered by native APIs to simplify the complex and bridge enterprise data systems. Relish has done the solution development, so you don’t have to…just log in and go. Relish delivers scalable solutions that are otherwise only imagined. Leading enterprise software providers relish our solutions, and you will too.
Investor and Board Member
Jan 2022
Deep Edge builds powerful interconnection facilities enabling the transformation of the digital edge. With a focused and strategic approach, Deep Edge designs neutral facilities that optimize digital capabilities, overcome legacy challenges and support rapidly evolving demands. By enabling access to fiber and interconnection opportunities in key markets, Deep Edge is building distributed ecosystems that suit the digital needs of today and tomorrow.
Investor and Board Member
Dec 2021
All Points Broadband is the leading, rural-facing internet service provider in the mid-Atlantic and a four-time honoree on the Inc. list of America’s 5,000 fastest growing companies. We are committed to delivering reliable broadband internet to everyone, regardless of where they live. Building on a seven-year record of successfully consolidating rural internet service providers, All Points is aggressively partnering with underserved jurisdictions and electric utility companies to finally bridge the digital divide by extending fiber-to-the-home to currently unserved homes and businesses. In the past year, All Points has secured more than $300 million in local, state, and federal grants to support rural broadband deployment. All Points’ lead investor is Searchlight Capital Partners, a private equity firm that is one of America’s leading broadband investors. Searchlight is a $9 billion fund that is the largest private investor in residential fiber in the United States, primarily through All Points, Consolidated Communications, and Ziply Fiber (formerly Frontier in the northwest states).
Investor
Nov 2021
Combining curated offerings, custom fund solutions, and integrated portfolio management for existing investments, Gridline provides a single solution for advisors front-to-back office requirements. Purpose built for alternative investment management, Gridlines platform replaces legacy products and vendors with superior functionality, exceptional service, and an unparalleled user experience.
Investor
2017
With over 1 billion meetings processed, Otter.ai is the leading AI meeting agent empowering businesses to unlock the value of their meetings. With its advanced Gen AI technology, Otter.ai provides real-time notes, voice-activated agents that participate in meetings, summaries, action items, customized insights and content so that professionals are more productive and can collaborate with their teams more effectively.
Investor
2016
Haste, a network service that improves network performance and user experience for online gaming enthusiasts.
early stageComputer Games
Board Member
2013
About Us: Varsity Wireless, LLC (“Varsity”) owns, operates and manages wireless communications facilities – an irreplaceable component of the communications networks that power our ever growing wireless world. Without cell towers, building rooftops, and other vertical infrastructure used in cell sites deployments, the mobile devices engrained in our daily lives simply - would not work. Imagine that! Varsity seeks to invest its capital resources and personnel in infrastructure solutions that meet the needs of its Carrier clients, while addressing the critical concerns of the communities they serve. We target locations and structures that minimize the negative discourse that so often surrounds communications sites. Managed thoughtfully and efficiently, Varsity infrastructure solves critical public safety needs, enhances education, and brings communities closer together. What drives Varsity is our diverse experience, passion for customer service, and integrity in all elements of our business. Our management team and staff bring a wealth of industry experience including leadership positions with Carriers, Tower Companies and the Federal Communications Commission. Whether you are a wireless operator, a property owner or a community needing help with the challenges of locating the next new cell site, we believe there is no better choice than Varsity. Give us the chance to serve your needs in this fast moving industry. Reach out to us and let us know how we can help. info@varsitywireless.com
Investor
2013
Instore is a next-generation point of sale (POS) designed with small business owners in mind. Your restaurant or retail business will run more easily on Instore, while you enjoy closer relationships with your customers and faster sales growth. Popular Instore features include customer rewards, gift cards, promotions, online ordering, labor and inventory management, order/pay at the table, and crisp reports to help you make better operating decisions.
Investor and Board Observer
2011
For IT teams that manage multi-SaaS environments, BetterCloud automates onboarding, offboarding & mid-lifecycle changes, SaaS application access & entitlements, and security policies. Unlike Identity & Access Management solutions that require manual intervention and custom scripting, or IT Service Desk solutions that generate tickets to be manually worked, BetterCloud’s granular, powerful automation and unlimited customizable workflows complement your IAM and help desk automation to improve IT efficiency by reducing up to 78% of SaaS management work. If your IT team is scripting or manually managing access to applications, files, folders, and groups for anyone joining, leaving, or moving inside your organization, you’re throwing talent and resources you can't spare at problems BetterCloud can automate. Our customers tell us they get huge value from BetterCloud because we enable them to: 1. Maximize operational efficiency 2. Accelerate employee productivity 3. Scale IT impact
Board Member
2009
For company news and job opportunities, please follow us at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum/ Spectrum is powered and innovated by Charter Communications. https://www.spectrum.com/policies/privacy-policy.html
Board Member
2006
Millennial Media is the leading mobile ad marketplace, making mobile simple for the world’s top brands, app developers, and mobile web publishers. The company's data and technology assets enable advertisers to connect with target audiences at scale, while driving monetization for publisher and developer partners. AOL acquired Millennial Media on October 23, 2015. Millennial Media boosts AOL's global, mobile capabilities and scale across ONE by AOL for advertisers and agencies, and offers the most attractive monetization platform for app developers.
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2022
Investor
Oct 2022
Relish apps strategically extend enterprise applications to maximize investment. Rarely does an enterprise software solution meet all user requirements. At Relish, we fully understand enterprise software gaps and are obsessed with building a scalable solution to remedy them. The Relish Application Platform is powered by native APIs to simplify the complex and bridge enterprise data systems. Relish has done the solution development, so you don’t have to…just log in and go. Relish delivers scalable solutions that are otherwise only imagined. Leading enterprise software providers relish our solutions, and you will too.
Investor and Board Member
Jan 2022
Deep Edge builds powerful interconnection facilities enabling the transformation of the digital edge. With a focused and strategic approach, Deep Edge designs neutral facilities that optimize digital capabilities, overcome legacy challenges and support rapidly evolving demands. By enabling access to fiber and interconnection opportunities in key markets, Deep Edge is building distributed ecosystems that suit the digital needs of today and tomorrow.
2021
Investor and Board Member
Dec 2021
All Points Broadband is the leading, rural-facing internet service provider in the mid-Atlantic and a four-time honoree on the Inc. list of America’s 5,000 fastest growing companies. We are committed to delivering reliable broadband internet to everyone, regardless of where they live. Building on a seven-year record of successfully consolidating rural internet service providers, All Points is aggressively partnering with underserved jurisdictions and electric utility companies to finally bridge the digital divide by extending fiber-to-the-home to currently unserved homes and businesses. In the past year, All Points has secured more than $300 million in local, state, and federal grants to support rural broadband deployment. All Points’ lead investor is Searchlight Capital Partners, a private equity firm that is one of America’s leading broadband investors. Searchlight is a $9 billion fund that is the largest private investor in residential fiber in the United States, primarily through All Points, Consolidated Communications, and Ziply Fiber (formerly Frontier in the northwest states).
Investor
Nov 2021
Combining curated offerings, custom fund solutions, and integrated portfolio management for existing investments, Gridline provides a single solution for advisors front-to-back office requirements. Purpose built for alternative investment management, Gridlines platform replaces legacy products and vendors with superior functionality, exceptional service, and an unparalleled user experience.
2020
Board Member
Jul 2020
Fuze is a global cloud communications and collaboration software platform for the enterprise that was acquired by 8x8. Learn more at 8x8.com/fuze. Follow 8x8 on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/8x8
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