Jeff Cohn

Current

Venture Consultant at Hunt Ventures
Venture Consultant at MHS Capital
Founder at DeadCellZones.com & PhotoEnforced.com (Sole Proprietorship)

Director of Investment Screening at Tech Coast Angels

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Past

Corporate Development Consultant at Oversee.net
Business Development Account Executive at iXL
Account Executive at Computer Associates, Inc.

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Education

University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management
University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business

Recommended

14 people have recommended Jeff

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

Jeff Cohn’s Summary

Jeff currently acts as a "buy side" venture consultant for family offices who have a interest building and investing in Southern California technology companies. Jeff sources and builds teams for Texas based Hunt Ventures, San Francisco based MHS Capital and the Tech Coast Angels. Jeff has been the Investment Screening Director for the Tech Coast Angels since 1999 and has built a substantial rolodex of entrepreneurs, angel investors and professional fund managers. Jeff has managed the growth of the Tech Coast Angels membership from 70 to 300 investors and 32 venture capital affiliates and has helped sourced the private financing of more than 130+ Southern California based technology companies. Jeff is also the founder of two nationally recognized social media sites DeadCellZones.com and PhotoEnforced.com. Jeff’s technology career includes consulting for Oversee.net, iXL (Former NASDAQ: IIXL), and the enterprise software company Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA). Jeff has a B.S. in Business Administration, Finance from the University of Colorado

Jeff Cohn’s Specialties:

Audience Measurement & Transparency, Online Publisher Monetization, Web 2.0 Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Lead Generation, Social Media, Domain Monetization, Family Office Investing, Angel Investors

Jeff Cohn’s Experience

Venture Consultant

Hunt Ventures

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

March 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Venture consultant sourcing and evaluating new venture investment opportunities in Southern California. Hunt Ventures focuses on seed and early-stage investments in information technology companies. The firm typically invest $500,000 to $2 million in initial investments and is prepared to provide significant additional follow-on capital as an enterprise grows and prospers. The Hunt organization has been quietly investing in early-stage opportunistic situations over several decades. In addition to direct investments, Hunt Ventures also have interests in venture capital partnerships and international private and public equity funds, which provide a broad base of relationships, contacts and expertise with which the firm can leverage direct investments.
Venture Consultant

MHS Capital

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

March 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Venture consultant sourcing and evaluating new venture investment opportunities in Southern California. MHS Capital is a Venture Capital fund based in San Francisco backed by an extraordinary group of technology executives and entrepreneurs, including senior executives from every major Internet portal, and a deep roster of serial entrepreneurs building some of the leading software and Internet companies. MHS Capital invests in bootstrapped software and internet companies and sponsors serial entrepreneurs to do small tech buyouts.
Founder
DeadCellZones.com & PhotoEnforced.com (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2001 — Present (7 years 1 month)

DeadCellZones.com is the largest community complaint database of poor cell phone coverage locations in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom. Profitable e-services business with national carrier customers and Google AdSense advertising revenue. Web site is frequently referenced by national news sources for coverage information.

PhotoEnforced.com is the largest worldwide community database of Red Light Camera and Speed Camera locations and fines. Profitable e-services business with Google AdSense advertising revenue. Web site is frequently referenced by national news sources for fine and location data.
Director of Investment Screening

Tech Coast Angels

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

June 1999 — Present (9 years 2 months)

Oversee raise of $65M in member capital and more than $700M in venture capital for 120 portfolio companies. Managed angel investor network growth from 60 to 300 investors and venture capital partners. Reviewed over 5,000+ start-up business plans in the areas of enterprise software, Internet and wireless infrastructure, life science, hardware, media, content, consumer products and spin-offs.

Jeff Cohn’s Education

University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management

NA, Director Training Program, 2001 — 2001
University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business

B.S., Business Administration, Finance & Economics, 1992 — 1996

Portfolio analyst intern for Greenberg & Associates financial services firm.

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity,
Vail Ski Resort Season Pass Holder (Oh How I Miss It!)

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Jeff Cohn’s Groups:

NextGen Partners, Southern California Venture Capital Alliance, LAVA, LARTA, Software Council, LA Tri Club, LMU Masters Swimming, Club Ed Running Group, Tech Coast Angels