Jessica Gilligan

Director at TA Associates

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2022
VC🌍 United States
7
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12y
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Active Investor
Apr 2022
Advantice Health is a dynamic consumer health company that is committed to advancing skin health with science-backed, expert-loved solutions for all. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to experience skin wellness and bring out their best selves every day. We are trailblazers guided by science and entrepreneurial passion, progressing the science of skin care and increasing accessibility to therapeutic skin health solutions. Our work is measured in good days delivered. In lives made better by a sense of good skin health and well-being.
Board Member
Sep 2021
In 2012, Death Wish Coffee Co. was created in a small coffee shop in Saratoga Springs, New York. Coffee shop owner and DWC founder, Mike Brown, saw a need for coffee that was both strong and delicious to serve his groggy morning customers. After creating the perfect blend of beans and combining it with his unique roasting technique, Death Wish Coffee was born. Today, thousands of people trust Death Wish Coffee to wake them up and keep them going every day. Death Wish Coffee is a breakthrough in the coffee world. Made with a combination of Arabica and Robusta beans sourced from all over the world, in addition to a unique, slow roasting process, Death Wish Coffee has a strong, smooth, bold taste — and its twice as strong as your average cup of coffee. All of our coffee beans are certified USDA organic and Fair Trade, ensuring that you have the highest quality cup of coffee out there. In 2015, we won Intuit’s ‘Small Business Big Game’ competition, which gave us a 30-second commercial spot during the Super Bowl. Since then, our business has grown every day, allowing us to reach more coffee drinkers than ever before. We also continue to release limited edition merchandise such as apparel and mugs to make sure the Death Wish brand fits into every aspect of our communitys lives. And now, Death Wish Coffee is on thousands of store shelves — and were adding more every day. Through our rapid growth, our mission remains the same: To fuel you wherever you go.
Former Active Investor
Aug 2014
Amplify Snack Brands, owned by Hershey, is a fast growing “better-for-you” (BFY) snack brand company based in Austin, Texas. Led by a team of world-class executives, the company produces guilt-free snacking products and prides itself in having products that taste great with simple ingredients. The Company’s anchor brand, SkinnyPop, is a leading BFY ready-to-eat (RTE), popcorn brand. Through its simple, major allergen-free and non-GMO ingredients, the brand embodies the BFY mission and has amassed a loyal and growing customer base across a wide range of food distribution channels in the United States. In addition to SkinnyPop, our other snacks include Paqui, Oatmega, and Pirates Booty. Our snacks are made with the fewest, cleanest, and simplest ingredients possible to craft the best tasting products by fulfilling our purpose to fuel the joy of snacking without compromise!
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Experience · 8 entries
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2024
Director
Jan 2024
TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies. Since 1968, we have invested in more than 560 companies across our five target industries – technology, healthcare, financial services, consumer and business services. Leveraging our deep industry expertise and strategic resources, we collaborate with management teams worldwide to help high-quality companies deliver lasting value. The firm has raised $65 billion in capital to date and has over 150 investment professionals across offices in Boston, Menlo Park, Austin, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong.
2022
Active Investor
Apr 2022
Advantice Health is a dynamic consumer health company that is committed to advancing skin health with science-backed, expert-loved solutions for all. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to experience skin wellness and bring out their best selves every day. We are trailblazers guided by science and entrepreneurial passion, progressing the science of skin care and increasing accessibility to therapeutic skin health solutions. Our work is measured in good days delivered. In lives made better by a sense of good skin health and well-being.
Board Member
Mar 2022
Makers of gourmet food products and specialty home goods. Today, Stonewall Kitchen Family of Brands products are sold in more than 19,000 store nationwide and internationally, thriving catalog and web divisions, 11 retail Company Stores, and a growing staff. The entire Stonewall Kitchen product line continues to be one of the most awarded in the industry year after year. Since 1995, Stonewall Kitchen has received over 30 prestigious awards from the National Association of the Specialty Food Trade and has been awarded the coveted Outstanding Product Line Honors three times. The company continues to evolve ensuring its role as one of the countrys most acclaimed specialty food producers.
2021
Board Member
Sep 2021
In 2012, Death Wish Coffee Co. was created in a small coffee shop in Saratoga Springs, New York. Coffee shop owner and DWC founder, Mike Brown, saw a need for coffee that was both strong and delicious to serve his groggy morning customers. After creating the perfect blend of beans and combining it with his unique roasting technique, Death Wish Coffee was born. Today, thousands of people trust Death Wish Coffee to wake them up and keep them going every day. Death Wish Coffee is a breakthrough in the coffee world. Made with a combination of Arabica and Robusta beans sourced from all over the world, in addition to a unique, slow roasting process, Death Wish Coffee has a strong, smooth, bold taste — and its twice as strong as your average cup of coffee. All of our coffee beans are certified USDA organic and Fair Trade, ensuring that you have the highest quality cup of coffee out there. In 2015, we won Intuit’s ‘Small Business Big Game’ competition, which gave us a 30-second commercial spot during the Super Bowl. Since then, our business has grown every day, allowing us to reach more coffee drinkers than ever before. We also continue to release limited edition merchandise such as apparel and mugs to make sure the Death Wish brand fits into every aspect of our communitys lives. And now, Death Wish Coffee is on thousands of store shelves — and were adding more every day. Through our rapid growth, our mission remains the same: To fuel you wherever you go.
2020
Board Member
Dec 2020
Mid America Pet Food has produced pet food in our own manufacturing facility since 2007. With a plant strategically located in East Texas, we are able to source a majority ingredients for many of our brands from ranches, farms and other trusted suppliers who are within a day’s drive of the plant. Mid America Pet Food’s family of brands include VICTOR® Super Premium Pet Food, Eagle Mountain Pet Food®, Wayne FeedsTM and Nature’s Logic®. Based in East Texas, Mid America Pet Food offers super premium pet nutrition to fuel your loyal companions.
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