# Jason Kong

> Jason Kong is a General Partner at Base10 Partners, a San Francisco-based Black-led venture capital firm that backs founders automating the 'real economy' - the large, often overlooked industries that make the world run. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital in 2021 while at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Kong backed breakout companies including Attentive, Brex, Datadog, Discord, Figma, and UiPath. A Summa Cum Laude graduate of Penn's elite M&T program who qualified twice for USAMO and won the We the People national civics competition, he joined Base10 in 2023 to lead Series B+ investments, bringing a singular blend of investment banking, late-stage VC, and hedge fund analysis discipline to growth-stage bets on vertical SaaS, cybersecurity, and fintech.

- **Role:** General Partner at Base10 Partners
- **Organizations:** Base10 Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, SurgoCap Partners, Morgan Stanley
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** M.S. in Computer Science (Penn Engineering); B.A.S. in Computer Science (Penn Engineering); B.S. in Economics, Wharton (Finance, Entrepreneurship, Operations) - Summa Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania - Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, High School Diploma, Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30, Venture Capital (2021), Named General Partner at Base10 Partners (2023), overseeing $460M+ in latest fund, Led $50M Series B investment in Todyl (2024)

## Career timeline

- **~2013-2017** — University of Pennsylvania: Jerome Fisher M&T Program, graduating Summa Cum Laude
- **~2015-2017** — Morgan Stanley Technology Investment Banking, Menlo Park, CA - covered Amazon, Pinterest, AppDynamics, Coupa, Slack on M&A and financing transactions
- **2017** — Joined Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) as Investor focused on later-stage enterprise and consumer technology
- **2021** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Venture Capital list; Board Observer at Monte Carlo and Cribl
- **2021-2023** — Investor at SurgoCap Partners; portfolio investments in Snyk, Abnormal Security, Figma, Superhuman, and Prisma
- **2023** — Joined Base10 Partners as General Partner, focusing on Series B+ investments in automation for the real economy
- **2024** — Led Base10's $50M Series B investment in Todyl; joined Todyl board of directors
- **2025** — Led Base10's $35M Series B investment in Mendel, a Latin America enterprise spend management platform

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30, Venture Capital (2021)
- Named General Partner at Base10 Partners (2023), overseeing $460M+ in latest fund
- Led $50M Series B investment in Todyl (2024)
- Led $35M Series B investment in Mendel (2025)
- Early investor at IVP in Attentive, Brex, Compass, Cribl, Datadog, Discord, Figma, Harness, Niantic, Podium, Slack, and UiPath
- Qualified twice for USAMO (top 500 high school math students nationally)
- Perfect scores on AMC 8 and AMC 10
- First place team nationally in Center for Civic Education's We the People Competition
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Penn's Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Led Base10's $35M Series B investment in Mendel, a Latin America enterprise spend management platform positioning as 'Ramp for LatAm enterprises'
- **2024-03** — Led Base10's $50M Series B investment in Todyl and joined its board of directors
- **2023** — Joined Base10 Partners as General Partner overseeing $460M+ latest fund

## Links

- Website: https://base10.vc/team/jason-kong/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonykong

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