Jay Markley, New Amsterdam Growth Capital

Jay Markley is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of New Amsterdam Growth Capital. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.

About Jay Markley

Jay Markley is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of New Amsterdam Growth Capital, a New York-based growth equity firm he established in 2013 to invest in communications, media, and technology companies. His investment thesis targets technology-driven companies in the cloud computing, mobile, and communications infrastructure sectors, focusing on pre-seed and seed stages with established products and a path to profitability. Markley typically invests as an angel individual in early-stage ventures, though the firm has deployed approximately $450 million across 33 companies to create over $1.3 billion in total value. Notable portfolio companies include BroadSoft and Charter Communications, where he serves as a Board Member, as well as Otter.ai, RELISH, and Gridline. Before founding his firm, he worked at Columbia Capital and the Federal Communications Commission, where he helped launch the commercial spectrum auction process. While no specific public writing is cited in available sources, his distinctive point of view centers on backing profitable or near-profitable technology companies with growing revenue bases rather than purely speculative early-stage

Jay Markley at a glance

Role
Managing Partner
Organization
New Amsterdam Growth Capital
Location
United States, North America
Investor type
Individual/Angel
Focus areas
Media
Investments recorded
5

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