Founding Partner
Jess Mah built her first 6-figure business while still in middle school and has since co-founded 10+ companies that are collectively valued at over a billion dollars.
Today, she oversees Mahway, which is her investment company that supports the companies she has either co-founded or acquired. Mahway has 20 full-time professionals and is headquartered in Los Angeles.
Among the companies Jess has founded include indinero, a fintech company that helps businesses manage their accounting and taxes; Astonishing Labs, is a biotech firm focused on revolutionizing human health with groundbreaking science from Dr. Mike Levin’s lab at Tufts University; and a litigation fintech platform that has empowered over a thousand individuals to pursue justice, offering resources they may otherwise have been unable to access.
Jess studied Computer Science at U.C. Berkeley and has been featured on the cover of Inc. Magazine, as well as on the Forbes 30 Under 30, Inc. 30 Under 30, and Fast Magazine Most Creative Business Leaders lists. She was the youngest woman to go through Y Combinator, the youngest woman to join Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), and also the youngest person to ever graduate from the Harvard Business School Presidents’ Program.
"When investing in startups, I look for three things: the clarity of the problem being solved, the tenacity of the team, and their capacity to listen and adapt."