Jesse Wedler

General Partner

Jesse invests in the companies that become permanent fixtures in the industries they serve. A builder at heart, Jesse aims to be the first call a founder makes, on the biggest strategic questions and the smallest operational ones.

I believe the most durable companies get built where everyone else stops looking. Generational businesses are rarely obvious early — they're built by founders who understand an industry better than anyone else and are stubborn enough to rebuild it from the ground up rather than layer something new on top of how it already works. That kind of company takes a decade or more to become inevitable. I enjoy being there for the long haul.

I joined CapitalG as an intern in 2013, shortly after the firm was founded, and I've spent my entire career here — through investments in Albert, Airbnb, Duolingo, Gusto, UiPath, and Next Insurance, and leading our work with Applied Systems, Clio, Coupa, Duck Creek, Everlaw, Farther, ID.me, MANTL, Proof, and TeamSystem. I also lead CapitalG's internal AI efforts, which keeps me close to how fast the ground is moving under every company we back. Before CapitalG, I worked at TPG and in the technology group at Goldman Sachs. I studied at UC Berkeley and Stanford.

Outside of work, I'm usually outside — mountain biking, surfing, or on the water with my wife and two kids.