Ariel Jadus

Ariel received his MBA from the Wharton School in 2007. He also holds BS and MS degrees in industrial engineering from UC Berkeley and Georgia Tech, respectively. Ariel attended each institution on a full-tuition, merit-based scholarship or fellowship. 

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Ariel is a native New Yorker and Spanish speaker, and is a dual citizen of Argentina and the United States. He loves to travel and has visited over 70 countries.

Ariel is Managing Partner of Brainstorm Ventures, a generalist venture capital firm that invests at the earliest stages in some of the most exciting tech startups in the Americas.  Past and present unicorns include OpenTable, Zappos, KIO Networks and Turing.  Ariel serves on the board of Defy Ventures, a nonprofit that provides entrepreneurship training to incarcerated people. Ariel serves as Mentor for Venture Forward, Techstars Miami, Unreasonable Mexico, and SomosVC.  Ariel is the co-owner of Palau Moxó, an 18th century palace in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter.

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Ariel began his career as an investor at Pacific Community Ventures, one of the pioneering growth equity impact investment firms, and served on the boards of several of its portfolio companies.  Previously, he worked as a consultant at the Bridgespan Group, an affiliate of Bain & Company. He advised clients, such as the Gates Foundation and Hispanic Scholarship Fund, on their investment and growth strategies. Ariel briefly led the United Nations Development Programme’s Growing Sustainable Business Initiative in Venezuela. Prior to business school, Ariel worked in various capacities at Intel Corporation.

A member of Class 16, Ariel served his fellowship at Pacific Community Ventures under the mentorship of Managing Partner Eduardo Rallo. He has served as a Mentor to Class 20 Fellow Hana Yang, Class 24 Fellow Laura McCoolidge, and Class 29 Fellow Brendan Mathews.