Jared has spent the last 15 years working with the most innovative companies across technology, healthtech, and bio. He has built deep transactional expertise and enjoys working closely with companies at all stages of growth.

Prior to joining Realization, Jared was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he led the capital network team and collaborated with founders to execute strategic transactions. Jared helped over 80 companies across the a16z Bio+Health, Consumer and Fintech portfolios to successfully navigate the complexities of capital raising and M&A execution.

Prior to a16z, Jared was a director and founding member of AQ Technology Partners, a premier boutique investment bank focused on M&A and growth capital raises for software and software-enabled companies. Previously, Jared was a director at Pagemill Partners (a division of Kroll), where he completed over 30 M&A transactions, and he started his career as an associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Jared holds a B.S. in Accounting and Information Systems from the University of Washington and is also a CPA.

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