San Francisco, CA | Berkeley, CA
Also known as: adamjacksonSF
Adam Jackson is an entrepreneur, angel investor and advisor to early stage technology startups. He is currently CEO and co-founder of a new, venture-backed startup in the online healthcare space. His previous business, DriverSide (founded in ), served thousands of automotive dealerships and repair facilities by helping them retain existing and gain new customers through a suite of SaaS offerings. It was acquired by Advance Auto Parts (AAP) in September of . His first venture-backed business, MarketSquare (founded in ), was one of the first online local shopping destinations on the Internet. In it was acquired by StepUp Commerce, a similar service, which was subsequently acquired by Intuit (INTU) in September of . Over the past years, he has also been an active angel investor and advisor to over dozen companies, most of which have had successful exits or have done significant follow-on financing. Adam began his career as a software engineer and architect and holds a computer science degree from Vanderbilt University.
