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Jai Malik

General Partner at Countdown Capital

Jai Malik, General Partner at Countdown Capital

Jai Malik** is the founder and solo General Partner at **Countdown Capital:, where he invests in the intersection of hard problems, hard technology, and hard industries.123

Jai began his career in hard tech as the first hire at Accrete (raised $25M to date), where he helped the company successfully launch its first two products for defense and commercial customers. Thereafter, he was an early hire at dual-use startup Forge AI (acquired by FiscalNote), where he led product management for data products.13

Wanting to further support founders, Jai then transitioned to venture capital at Rocana Ventures and worked on foodtech and manufacturing investments for two years before closing Countdown's first fund in 2021.13 As founder and general partner of Countdown Capital, Malik manages more than $20 million in assets under management, focusing on investing in founders building hard and capital-intensive projects.2

However, in January 2024, Jai announced that Countdown Capital will shut down by March-end amid the funding winter. He decided to close the fund as "funding industrial startups is not inefficient enough to justify our existence" and "larger, multi-stage venture firms are best positioned to generate strong returns on the most valuable industrial startups".4

Jai holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business and Political Economy, and Philosophy from NYU Stern School of Business.5 He is based in Los Angeles and has over 500 connections on LinkedIn.5

Highlights

Jan 4 · indiawest.com
Jai Malik's VC Firm Countdown Capital To Shut Down - IndiaWest
Early-stage hard tech firm Countdown Capital shutting down

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Experience

General Partner at Countdown Capital since December 2020
Investor at Rocana Venture Partners, June 2019 - November 2020, Product Manager at Forge.AI, February 2019 - January 2020; Senior Project Manager & Chief of Staff at Accrete AI, August 2017 - February 2019

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business and Political Economy; Philosophy from NYU Stern School of Business

Location

Miami, Florida, United States