Career
In 2015, Jett joined SoftBank Group to launch their growth equity efforts. In 2017, Jett was a founding member of the Softbank Vision Fund, where she became Managing Partner and Head of the Consumer Internet Sector. Jett was the first woman named to Investing Managing Partner, [6] and Investing Partner [7] at Softbank Vision Fund.
Jett led investments in and represented Softbank on the Board of Directors of the firm’s global eCommerce investments including: [8] Coupang, [9] Fanatics, [10] Flipkart [11] , GoTo, [12] and Klook, collectively the top returning portfolio for Softbank Vision Fund I. [13]
Additionally, Jett and her team led investments into and represented SBIA [14] on the Board of Directors several companies including: Andela, Embark, Klook, [15] LTK, [16] Pacaso, Weee!, [17] Bytedance, [18] ezCater, [19] Aleo, [20] and Quantstamp [21] amongst other investments. Bloomberg reported Jett was departing Softbank in 2024. [22]
Prior to launching SBIA, Jett was a senior member of the investment team at Softbank Group Corporation International (SBGI) where she helped lead SBGI’s Series D investments in Guardant Health, [23] 10x Genomics [24] and Series A investment into Fetch Robotics [25] (sold to Zebra). [26]
Jett served as an Independent Board Member on the Board of Directors of Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), Fanatics, [27] Flipkart, Ozon (Nasdaq: OZON), Veho and Vimeo (Nasdaq: VMEO).
Jett has been recognized by Forbes as “generating one of the largest cash generating returns ever for a start-up investor, [28] published work in Fast Company, [29] been recognized as one of Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women. [30]
Previously, Jett worked as an investment banking analyst at JPMorgan in New York, before working at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area and M/C Partners.
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