Goodfin Futures: How to Leverage the Operator's Edge to Invest with Jerry Weitzman
What does an investor who scaled one of AI's defining companies see that others miss?
Join us for a Goodfin Fireside Chat with Jerry Weitzman, Venture Partner and Co-Founder at Cascade Venture Partners. He spent six years as SVP of Sales, Americas at Databricks, building the go-to-market engine behind its hypergrowth. Now he backs companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, Databricks, Ramp, CoreWeave, Vercel, Groq, and Lambda—and serves as a launch partner for Databricks Ventures' Accelerator.
We'll unpack:
How his years scaling Databricks shape the way he evaluates AI investments today
The GTM signals that separate breakout companies from the rest
What most investors miss that operators see immediately
His framework for identifying scalable enterprise AI companies early
Lessons from backing Anthropic, OpenAI, Ramp, and CoreWeave
About the Guest:
Jerry Weitzman is a Venture Partner and Co-Founder at Cascade Venture Partners, providing GTM advisory focused on scaling Enterprise AI businesses. Previously, he spent nearly seven years at Databricks—six as SVP of Sales, Americas. Before that, he held senior sales leadership roles at Sprinklr, Castlight Health, Jive Software, Mercury Interactive (acquired by HP), and Siebel Systems (acquired by Oracle). He's a UCLA alum and serves on the board of Lovelytics.
Disclaimer:
The information presented during this event is provided for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or investment products. Nothing discussed should be construed as financial, legal, or tax advice. Any views expressed by speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the host organization or its affiliates.