
Persist Ventures is a venture studio and conglomerate that partners with entrepreneurs and businesses to scale impactful projects from initial ideas to fully developed, funded, and profitable companies. They provide end-to-end expertise including mentorship, funding, design, building, recruiting, and internal software, supporting founders with a hands-on ownership mentality. Their business model includes launching startups, forming strategic partnerships, and offering personalized education and accelerator programs. Persist Ventures emphasizes innovation, persistence, and positive societal impact, with a global team of over 1,000 individuals and a portfolio that spans diverse sectors including Web3, physical activity, opioid alternatives, and pragmatic philosophy. They focus on democratizing access to startup resources, supporting overlooked and credential-less founders, and fostering a new model of success beyond traditional Silicon Valley paradigms.

Persist Ventures is a venture studio and conglomerate that partners with entrepreneurs and businesses to scale impactful projects from initial ideas to fully developed, funded, and profitable companies. They provide end-to-end expertise including mentorship, funding, design, building, recruiting, and internal software, supporting founders with a hands-on ownership mentality. Their business model includes launching startups, forming strategic partnerships, and offering personalized education and accelerator programs. Persist Ventures emphasizes innovation, persistence, and positive societal impact, with a global team of over 1,000 individuals and a portfolio that spans diverse sectors including Web3, physical activity, opioid alternatives, and pragmatic philosophy. They focus on democratizing access to startup resources, supporting overlooked and credential-less founders, and fostering a new model of success beyond traditional Silicon Valley paradigms.
Business model: Venture studio + capital platform that launches and scales startups
Founder / CEO: Jack Jay
Scale metrics: 30 studio companies launched; $87M assets under management; 400-person advisor network
Funding: Pre-Seed round announced Oct 1, 2024; Blockchain Founders Fund listed as investor
Startup formation and scaling across sectors including Web3, physical activity, opioid alternatives, AI, robotics, and HR tech.
2019
Venture studio / Venture capital
“Funded by the founders of Tether; offers an investor application for a rolling fund and displays $87M assets under management”