Primary Job Title Founder & Managing Partner Primary Organization Silent Ventures
Location Dallas, Texas, United States Regions Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Southern US Gender Male
Investor Type Investor Stage Number of Exits
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A proven serial entrepreneur and early defense tech investor, Jackson Moses currently serves as the Founder and Managing Partner of Silent Ventures, an early stage venture firm that invests in exceptional founders building unrivaled aerospace, defense, and national security startups. He also founded and manages Silent Capital, a private syndicate
that provides its members exclusive access to leading multi-stage defense and deep tech deals. Additionally, Jackson serves as a Senior Advisor to the founding teams of Castelion, Privateer, Long Wall, and Thor Dynamics. To date, and from inception, he and his funds have invested in 14 defense tech unicorns.
Prior to founding Silent Ventures, Jackson founded and served as VP of Partnerships at MainStreet (acquired by Employer.com): the first tech company to make R&D tax credits accessible to startups and SMBs via industry-leading workflows and integrations. As a founding executive, he was responsible for developing go-to-market strategies, building a world-class sales organization, managing business development initiatives, and scaling annual revenue to over $30M. Prior to its acquisition, MainStreet employed hundreds of people and helped 2,000+ startups claim over $150M in tax savings.
Prior to founding MainStreet, Jackson founded and served as Chairman & CEO of Spectrum AI (enterprise AIaaS), which was acquired by ActiveFence after last being valued at $137M. Spectrum AI pioneered multimodal LLMs, specifically a series of proprietary GPT foundation models, designed to make digital communities more profitable for Fortune 500 owners, marketers, influencers, and their users. Its customer base spanned gaming, dating, and social media, and included Tencent (TCEHY), Pinterest (NYSE: PINS), Grindr (NYSE: GRND), Yik Yak, Wildlife Studios, and The Meet Group, among others.
Prior to founding Spectrum AI, Jackson worked in sales (Lynda.com), customer operations, and executive recruiting at LinkedIn (acquired by Microsoft). Prior to this, he worked as a Market Research Analyst at Cisco where he evaluated industry trends, new investment opportunities, and emerging threats to Cisco’s core business lines.
Having raised $120M+ across his two companies, Jackson actively advises startups, venture firms, and family offices on private sector aerospace and defense tech trends, investment opportunities, and capital allocation strategies. He serves as a Venture Partner to several large firms and has sourced deals for 8VC, Founders Fund, a16z, Bessemer, Lightspeed, NEA, family offices, defense primes, and university endowments.
Jackson holds two B.A. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley where he studied Economics, with a concentration in monetary policy, and Political Science, with a concentration in game theory.
