Jacob Shea is a Partner at Structure Capital, a San Francisco-based venture firm where he focuses. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Jacob Shea is a Partner at Structure Capital, a San Francisco-based venture firm where he focuses on seed-stage investments after previously serving as an Entrepreneur in Residence and Director of Portfolio and LP Community. His investment thesis targets pre-seed to Series A rounds across the United States, with special emphasis on DeepTech, Enterprise software, Digital Health, AgTech, and sectors leveraging underutilized assets to drive the “Zero Waste Economy”. Typical check sizes for the firm range from $250K–$500K at pre-seed and $1M–$3M at seed, though his specific lead versus follow behavior is not publicly detailed. Notable portfolio companies include Copia (where he served as Chief Technology Officer during its Y-Combinator batch), Lettuce Grow, Canopy, and Northbeam, reflecting his focus on sustainability, SaaS, and AI/ML. Shea distinguishes himself by applying a PhD in computational biology from UC San Francisco to evaluate technical risk in high-impact ventures, complementing his 20+ years of coding experience and prior leadership at Dell and in precision medicine startups like CureMetrix. He publicly identifies as an “Investor and
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