Investment Professionals & Operating Advisors

Jason Santiago

Jason Santiago

VP, Business Development

Tel: 212-823-0731

Email: Jason@StripesGroup.com

Background

Jason focuses on sourcing investments from, and maintaining and developing relationships with investment bankers and financial intermediaries across all sectors. He also maintains Stripes’ relationships with both senior, mezzanine and commercial banking lenders and law firms.

Prior to joining Stripes Group, Jason was an Investment Banker in the Private Placements Group at Cowen and Company, LLC in both New York and San Francisco.  At Cowen, he was responsible for the execution of full-lifecycle private equity placements.  He has successfully raised over $700 million in private equity capital for growth-stage companies across a variety of sectors, including Internet, Technology and Branded Consumer Products.

He was formerly a Director at Primedia, where he worked in corporate strategy, responsible for enterprise-wide Internet product development.

Jason started his career as an entrepreneur, co-founding two Internet technology companies, and then leading them through acquisition and IPO.

Education

M.B.A., Finance and General Management, Columbia Business School, Alberto Verme Scholar

B.A., Architecture and Planning, Columbia University

Interests

Jason lives in New York City and enjoys Jazz, photography, all things Internet, and finding that perfect slope to snowboard down.