Jeff Jacobs

Marketing, Packaging and CPG Professional

📍 Austin, Texas, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2020𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
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3
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8y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor/ Mentor
Aug 2020
About ImpactSKU: SKU has partnered with FINNOVATION Lab and two of Minnesota’s great CPG companies: General Mills, 301 Inc. division and The Stable to create the ImpactSKU Accelerator. Kicking off in June, the 12-week program, ImpactSKU provides each company with best-in-class core curriculum and a deeply customized, mentor led, experience. About SKU: Founded in 2011, Austin-based SKU is the first and leading Consumer Product Goods (CPG) accelerator in the country. CPG entrepreneurs quickly discover that simply having a great product and funding is not all that it takes to grow a successful brand. SKU surrounds stellar startups with a wraparound infrastructure of seasoned Mentors, a customized program, advanced operations support, access to industry expertise, and connections to capital. About FINNOVATION Lab: FINNOVATION Lab encourages the expansion of economic equity and opportunity by supporting entrepreneurs who build business models that positively impact people, communities, and the environment.
early stageManufacturing
Member/ Investor
Jun 2020
FirstLook is the premier private investor club for CPG. We Angels, VCs, and Family Offices intimate community, deep network connections, and industry leading Pre-seed to Series B consumer brand deals. To date weve made 105 investments totaling $27M in capital. Brands Apply (its free) ➢ www.bit.ly/4h1fka1 Investors Apply to join ➢ https://bit.ly/flinv26
Investor/ Mentor
Aug 2019
New Yorks Conscious Consumer Products Accelerator.
early stageConsumer Goods
Investor/ Mentor
Aug 2018
SKU is an accelerator program for stellar consumer product startups. Startup companies with market-validated consumer products apply to our accelerator program to receive the resources and relationships that they require to become breakout successes and household names. SKU surrounds those stellar startups with a wraparound infrastructure of seasoned entrepreneurial mentors, customized educational content, advanced operations support, and access to funding.
late stageManufacturing
Experience · 5 entries
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2020
Investor/ Mentor
Aug 2020
About ImpactSKU: SKU has partnered with FINNOVATION Lab and two of Minnesota’s great CPG companies: General Mills, 301 Inc. division and The Stable to create the ImpactSKU Accelerator. Kicking off in June, the 12-week program, ImpactSKU provides each company with best-in-class core curriculum and a deeply customized, mentor led, experience. About SKU: Founded in 2011, Austin-based SKU is the first and leading Consumer Product Goods (CPG) accelerator in the country. CPG entrepreneurs quickly discover that simply having a great product and funding is not all that it takes to grow a successful brand. SKU surrounds stellar startups with a wraparound infrastructure of seasoned Mentors, a customized program, advanced operations support, access to industry expertise, and connections to capital. About FINNOVATION Lab: FINNOVATION Lab encourages the expansion of economic equity and opportunity by supporting entrepreneurs who build business models that positively impact people, communities, and the environment.
early stageManufacturing
Member/ Investor
Jun 2020
FirstLook is the premier private investor club for CPG. We Angels, VCs, and Family Offices intimate community, deep network connections, and industry leading Pre-seed to Series B consumer brand deals. To date weve made 105 investments totaling $27M in capital. Brands Apply (its free) ➢ www.bit.ly/4h1fka1 Investors Apply to join ➢ https://bit.ly/flinv26
2019
Investor/ Mentor
Aug 2019
New Yorks Conscious Consumer Products Accelerator.
early stageConsumer Goods
2018
Investor/ Mentor
Aug 2018
SKU is an accelerator program for stellar consumer product startups. Startup companies with market-validated consumer products apply to our accelerator program to receive the resources and relationships that they require to become breakout successes and household names. SKU surrounds those stellar startups with a wraparound infrastructure of seasoned entrepreneurial mentors, customized educational content, advanced operations support, and access to funding.
late stageManufacturing
2009
Account Manager- Digital and Design Services
Jun 2009
At WD Partners, we’re renowned for our expertise in revolutionizing customer experiences and executing them flawlessly for some of the world’s most recognized brands. Our mission is to create extraordinary experiences everywhere through brand-right, ops-right, and build-right solutions. Through our integrated services, we help solve our clients’ challenges while anticipating their future needs and delivering innovation & scale. strategy | design | operations | digital | architecture & engineering | construction solutions
Investment activity
2018–2020 · 4 investments
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