Jonathan Axelrod

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Mr. Jonathan Axelrod serves as Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Remarkable Ventures and Remarkable Ventures Climate. He has been an active entrepreneur and investor for more than two decades. He has been a venture capitalist since 2011. He has invested in more than 300 early-stage companies; those companies have a combined market capitalization of more than $10 billion. He was previously Co-Founder and Co-CEO of MusicGremlin a venture-backed startup that was sold to SanDisk Corporation. The company created pioneering technology in both software and hardware around wireless technologies and the delivery of digital media to wireless devices. Its Gremlin player was named one of Time Magazines All Time Top 100 Gadgets, and the company launched the first entirely cloud-based music service. He and the company were recognized with multiple innovation awards. He is the co-inventor on more than 20 issued and pending payments based on related inventions. Prior to launching MusicGremlin, he was Co-Founder and President of Music123, a first-mover musical instrument e-commerce company that became one of the largest musical instruments retailers in the United States. Founded in 1999, Music123 grew from startup to profitable market leader in less than four years; it is now a brand of Guitar Center. He holds an A.B. in Social Studies magna cum laude from Harvard University. He currently serves on the Investment Advisory Committee of New York States Innovation Venture Capital Fund. He is also an active member of the early-stage technology community, frequently speaking at events and on panels related to innovation, venture capital, and building startups both in New York and internationally. He has been a contributor to various publications, including The Wall Street Journal, on topics related to entrepreneurship. He started his career as a McKinsey & Company consultant, where he focused on e-commerce initiatives and the financial services industry.