Jillian Manus
Structure Capital
Check size: $25K – $3.6M
Jillian Manus has invested in 9 startups on The Pitch, deploying $4.6M across categories including B2B SaaS, Badass Female Founders, Marketplace, Consumer Tech, Fashion, CPG. Typical check size ranges from $25K to $3.6M.
Investment Thesis
What Jillian Looks For
“We invest in values, not just valuations.”
— S3 · Ep 2
“You can have the most incredible product, but if you don't know how to talk about it, you're going to have a problem accelerating it.”
— S1 · Ep 1
“I look for a fanatical audience. If you have a fanatical market, you can sell them anything.”
— S10 · Ep 7
“Don't boil the ocean. Hit one thing, do it well, and then expand from there.”
— S1 · Ep 9
About Jillian Manus
Jillian Manus is Managing Partner of an early-stage Silicon Valley venture fund, Structure Capital. Branded “Architects of the Zero Waste Economy," they invest in underutilized assets and excess capacity. She was named one of the top 25 early-stage Female Investors by Business Insider in 2021. Jillian serves on numerous corporate and non-profit boards, these include: Stanford University School of Medicine Board of Fellows, NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center Board of Directors, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Portfolio
Investments on The Pitch9 investments
Jillian has invested $4.6M across 9 companies on The Pitch since Season 1.
Episodes
Top episodes featuring Jillian97 episodes
S2Investor Spotlight: Jillian Manus
S9Get Lost in the AWSM Sauce
S1iMirror
S1Tuckrbox
S1Shimmur
S1FundedFightCamp (formerly Hykso)
S2Harper Wilde
S1FITGuard
S1Sudden Coffee
S11FundedFranShares: Invest in Franchises
S1Tesloop
S2Qleek
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