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Jackson Square Ventures

727 Sansome Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA, 94111, United States

Overview

Jackson Square Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in software businesses. At JSV, all partners are former founders or tech executives, and we use our operational experience to support entrepreneurs in building lasting businesses. As principal investors in billion dollar companies like Docusign and Upwork; and high growth startups like Strava, Seismic, and OfferUp, we know that success comes from deeply-held, long-term conviction, and we invest for the long haul.

Total investments
48
Lead investments
14
Investments · 12mo
3
Active investors
5

Sector focus

  • Finance
  • Venture Capital
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Investment portfolio

  • Clarity Pediatrics

    Led · Series A · Dec 2025

    Clarity Pediatrics operates a tech-enabled virtual clinic that delivers American Academy of Pediatrics–aligned specialty care for chronic pediatric conditions such as ADHD and anxiety. More than 1,600 pediatricians in California and Texas already refer both commercial and Medicaid patients to the service, which integrates medical oversight, behavioral therapy, and parent coaching, all covered by insurance. Outcomes to date are encouraging: 89% of participating parents report a ‘large’ impact on their lives and 75% see improvement in child behaviors after eight weeks. The company plans to launch obesity care in early 2026, broadening its multi-specialty offering to address one of the fastest-growing pediatric health issues. Funding will also support continued development of its virtual platform and geographic expansion across the United States. Clarity’s model emphasizes family-centered group care delivered by pediatricians and specialists working at the top of their licenses. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and is backed by several prominent venture investors.

  • Artera

    Participated · Equity · Dec 2025

    Artera combines human expertise with AI Agents, Flows Agents, Co-Pilots and its Harmony platform to streamline every step of the patient journey, from scheduling and intake to billing and follow-up. Built on a proprietary data set of more than 2 billion patient–provider interactions involving over 200 million unique patients, the system delivers highly accurate, compliant and secure automation across text, phone and web channels. The platform is trusted by more than 1,000 healthcare organizations, including health systems, specialty groups, FQHCs and multiple U.S. federal agencies, and is white-labeled inside major EHRs such as Oracle Health and MEDITECH. Artera’s business is scaling rapidly, with the company projecting $100 million in Contracted Annual Recurring Revenue (CARR) by the end of 2025. Its security posture includes seven certifications and a FedRAMP High authorization process, underscoring a focus on compliance. With a decade of domain experience and an extensive distribution network, Artera aims to accelerate adoption of fully autonomous AI Agents that reduce administrative burden and improve patient access.

  • GitLaw

    Led · Seed · Nov 2025

    GitLaw is an AI legal automation company founded in 2025 and headquartered in San Francisco with a distributed team across the US and UK. Its core product combines a library of more than 1,000 lawyer-approved templates with an AI agent that drafts, redlines, and reviews agreements such as NDAs, SaaS contracts, and investor terms. The agent orchestrates multiple AI models and structured workflows to mirror a human lawyer’s comprehensive approach, delivering professional-grade documents in minutes at no cost. By automating 80–90% of routine contract work, GitLaw aims to slash the annual legal spend that can exceed $20,000 for growth-stage startups lacking in-house counsel. The company offers a free plan that provides immediate access to its template library, contract automation tools, secure storage, and renewal reminders. GitLaw positions itself as legal infrastructure for startups and SMEs rather than a service for law firms. The recent capital infusion is being used to accelerate product development and expand coverage across the US and UK.

  • Cloverleaf AI

    Led · Seed · Nov 2024

    Cloverleaf AI offers a platform that provides transparency into every government meeting, alerting contractors the moment a project is discussed so they can engage early with decision-makers. The platform covers projects ranging from stadiums and roads to EV infrastructure and school safety, helping contractors understand opportunities, policy, and reputations. The company has launched Vocal Fingerprinting, which monitors and reports government officials’ positions from each public meeting, and an Opportunity Database, a searchable index that captures more than 100,000 monthly government opportunities before they reach the RFP stage. Led by CEO Adam Zucker and based in Denver, Colorado, Cloverleaf AI plans to use the $2.8M seed to expand operations and accelerate development efforts. The Opportunity Database's monthly capture metric indicates broad coverage of pre-RFP government activity.

  • Clearstory.build

    Participated · Series B · Jun 2024

    Clearstory provides a change order communication platform that digitizes and centralizes end-to-end change order workflows for owners, general contractors and specialty contractors. Launched in 2018 and headquartered in Walnut Creek, Calif., the network is used across sizes and trades and counts 13 of the 25 largest general contractors in North America as customers. Customers share over 19,000 change orders worth over $850 million every single month through Clearstory's platform. The product offers collaborative workflows, real-time visibility, integrations with Procore, Autodesk, Vista, CMIC, Sage and HCSS, and automation to reduce administrative burden. The company says its platform helps general contractors reduce risk and specialty contractors get change orders approved and paid more quickly. Clearstory plans to scale the platform further by investing in product development and hiring to drive growth and innovation. Clearstory (fka Extracker) is a San Francisco-based company that provides a change order communications tool for construction business processes. Its platform centralizes real-time change-order data so general contractors can prevent lost revenue, specialty contractors get paid faster, and teams make financial decisions from a single source. Clearstory integrates with ERPs, accounting software, project management and cloud storage solutions including Procore, CMiC, Viewpoint and Sage. The company has onboarded specialty contractors across trade verticals, including KONE Elevators, Cherry Coatings Painting, Performance Contracting Group, TrueTeam Insulation and Conco Concrete. The solution currently works with more than 40% of the ENR Top 25 General Contractors, and over $5 billion in change orders have been shared between commercial construction companies on the Clearstory network. Led by founder and CEO Cameron Page, Clearstory intends to use the newly raised funds to accelerate its growth trajectory. Extracker is a San Francisco provider of a construction industry change order communication platform. Its platform connects commercial construction companies outside their internal financial software to resolve change orders in real time and includes a collaborative cloud-based log. Product features include digital Time and Material Tags, standardized Change Order Templates, trackable Change Notifications and other tools to organize and streamline extra work. Led by CEO Cameron Page, the company says it creates financial transparency by reducing exposed risk and time spent tracking extra work. Customers named in the article include BrandSafway, Conco, Performance Contracting Group, Permasteelisa, NOVO and BuildGroup. Extracker raised $7M in a Series A and intends to use the funds to accelerate growth and expand operations.

Team

  • Pete Solvik

    Founding Partner & Managing Director

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  • Greg Gretsch

    Founding Partner & Managing Director

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  • Bob Spinner

    Managing Director

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  • John Otterson

    Partner, Administration, and LP Relations

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