Randi Jakubowitz

Randi Jakubowitz is the Head of Operations & Talent at 645 Ventures. In this role, she partners with existing portfolio founders to build their teams and culture, create scalable talent-focused processes and leverages best practices to help evolve early-stage companies into rapidly-growing, growth stage category-leading businesses. She also leads the internal People/HR function for 645 Ventures. In addition, Randi is responsible for founder programming, the firm’s events & sponsorship strategies, community development for 645’s portfolio operators and aspects of the firms day-to-day operations across both NYC & SF. Prior to 645, Randi was a Senior People Leader at high-growth companies across a variety of industries including: Seamless/GrubHub (ecommerce), Toptal (tech/services marketplace), Paro (fintech/services marketplace) and Havas (advertising). Randi was a part of the operational leadership team that took Seamless through the GrubHub merger and later, the GRUB IPO. Randi is also a Professional Coach and she received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School in Atlanta, Georgia.