# Jon Eberly

> Jon Eberly is a serial entrepreneur and digital marketing thought leader turned venture capitalist, serving as General Partner at Sentiero Ventures, a Dallas-based $10M AI-focused seed fund. He founded Clock Four in 2006, built it into a 50-person San Francisco digital agency serving U.S. Bank and Juniper Networks, then sold it to Hero Digital in 2018 — one of multiple self-funded exits in his career. Today he backs early-stage AI-enabled SaaS companies alongside David Evans and Kishore Khandavalli, bringing deep operator experience in digital strategy, customer experience, and adtech to founders navigating the earliest chapters of company building.

- **Role:** General Partner at Sentiero Ventures
- **Organizations:** Sentiero Ventures, Adportas, Inc., Metrical, Inc., Clock Four, Hero Digital, Agency.com, SF YMCA, EF Fund
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's Degree, University of Virginia
- **Known for:** Founded Clock Four in 2006 and scaled it to a 50-person digital agency with offices in San Francisco and New Jersey, Successfully sold Clock Four to Hero Digital (CI Capital Partners) in December 2018, Multiple self-funded exits including work in digital imaging

## Career timeline

- **pre-2006** — VP, Client Partner, Technology Director at Agency.com; Partner and Director of Sandbox Interactive at Sandbox Studio
- **2006** — Founded Clock Four, Inc. in San Francisco — a digital innovation agency focused on customer experience strategy and lifecycle marketing
- **2018** — Clock Four acquired by Hero Digital (CI Capital Partners portfolio company); Eberly joins Hero Digital as Executive Vice President
- **2019-2020** — Founded Adportas, Inc., a boutique executive consulting firm; joined Sentiero Ventures investment team
- **2021** — Sentiero Ventures closes $10M AI-focused seed fund with 20 investors; Eberly serves as General Partner alongside David Evans and Kishore Khandavalli
- **2021** — Sentiero Ventures leads $1.5M investment in Trellis Corporation, an AI-driven eCommerce advertising platform
- **2021-present** — Actively building Sentiero Ventures portfolio to 18 companies including testRigor, Notably AI, Scalestack, and Jozu

## Achievements

- Founded Clock Four in 2006 and scaled it to a 50-person digital agency with offices in San Francisco and New Jersey
- Successfully sold Clock Four to Hero Digital (CI Capital Partners) in December 2018
- Multiple self-funded exits including work in digital imaging
- Co-closed Sentiero Ventures' $10M AI-focused seed fund with 20 investors in 2021
- Built Sentiero Ventures portfolio to 18 active investments with 2 exits (Sumatra, Skintelligent)
- Board Advisor at Metrical, Inc.
- Board member at SF YMCA and EF Fund
- Named in San Francisco Business Times

## Latest updates

- **2021-03** — Sentiero Ventures closes $10M AI-focused seed fund
- **2021-06** — Sentiero Ventures makes first fund investment in Data Sentinel
- **2021-09** — Sentiero Ventures leads $1.5M investment in Trellis Corporation
- **2024-09** — Jon Eberly tweets support for portfolio company Notably AI (@notablyai)

## Links

- Website: https://sentiero.vc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-eberly-88586b3/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/clockfourjon

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Last updated: 2026-05-18