# Deborah Jackson

> Deborah Buresh Jackson is the New York-based founder and CEO of Plum Alley, a founding partner and a general partner of PA Venture Fund I. After more than two decades raising capital, beginning at Goldman Sachs, she moved into entrepreneurship and early-stage investing, co-founding Women Innovate Mobile and building platforms that connect women founders with investors. Her recognition includes Forbes’ 2021 50 Over 50 investing list.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO of Plum Alley Inc.; Founding Partner, Plum Alley; General Partner, PA Venture Fund I
- **Organizations:** Plum Alley, Plum Alley Ventures Company, PA Venture Fund I, Women Innovate Mobile, JumpThru, Goldman Sachs, Shattuck Hammond Partners, Columbia University, Golden Seeds
- **Education:** BA; undergraduate study in consumer economics, Michigan State University, MBA in Finance, Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Women Innovate Mobile, an accelerator for women-founded mobile technology businesses., Founded Plum Alley and developed its work from commerce and crowdfunding into venture investing., Named to Fast Company’s League of Extraordinary Women in 2012.

## Career timeline

- **Before 1980** — Worked as executive director of a government watchdog agency in Cambridge, Massachusetts, before business school.
- **1980** — Earned her Columbia MBA and joined Goldman Sachs.
- **1990** — Her 2011 biographical note says she founded a boutique investment banking firm and served as its first president.
- **2011** — Founded JumpThru and co-founded Women Innovate Mobile with Kelly Hoey and Veronika Sonsev; helped organize a women’s hackathon.
- **2012** — Contemporary profiles describe the launch of Plum Alley as a platform supporting women entrepreneurs; the current corporate history dates Plum Alley Inc.’s founding to 2011.
- **2013** — Plum Alley’s early offering included crowdfunding and access to experts.
- **2016** — Received Bpeace’s Leader of Economic Impact award.
- **2018** — Received Columbia’s Coaching Columbia recognition; appeared in a Talks at GS conversation with Davida Herzl published in May.
- **2021** — Included on the Forbes 50 Over 50 investing list.
- **2024** — Plum Alley introduced Plum Alley Ventures Company to expand its platform for domain-expert fund managers.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Women Innovate Mobile, an accelerator for women-founded mobile technology businesses.
- Founded Plum Alley and developed its work from commerce and crowdfunding into venture investing.
- Named to Fast Company’s League of Extraordinary Women in 2012.
- Received Bpeace’s 2016 Leader of Economic Impact award.
- Recognized by Columbia for entrepreneurship contributions in 2018.
- Included on Forbes’ 2021 50 Over 50 investing list.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Website snapshot checked October 20, 2026: Plum Alley lists Jackson as founder and CEO, founding partner and general partner of PA Venture Fund I; its homepage reports $100 million invested across 36 companies. This is the verification month, not an announcement date.
- **2022-11** — Discussed women investors and the social experience of investing in an interview with Lorraine Marchand published November 17.

## Links

- Website: https://plumalley.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahbjackson
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dbdj1007

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Last updated: 2026-10-20