Jason Heltzer Email Address

Managing Partner

Origin Ventures, founded in 1999, is a leading venture capital firm with offices in Chicago and Salt Lake City.

Jason is a partner at Origin Ventures and has been a venture investor since 2001. Jason is currently a board member or observer for Tock, MyAlerts, Ahalogy, and Base. Some of Jason’s previous investments include Alert Logic (acquired by Welsh Carson), TradeKing (acquired by Ally Financial), Cartavi (acquired by Docusign), Brightnest (acquired by Angie’s list), and FeeFighters (acquired by Groupon). Before starting his venture career, Jason spent three and a half years as a software engineer and software architect for Deloitte Consulting. He also led engineering and business teams at 1stUp, a startup that was based in San Francisco. Jason holds an MBA in finance and entrepreneurship, with high honors, from Chicago Booth, where he was selected as a Siebel Scholar. Jason also holds a BS in computer science, with highest distinction, from the University of Michigan, where he also founded a fraternity. In addition to his professional responsibilities at Origin, Jason is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Chicago Booth, where he teaches the venture capital and private equity lab class. Jason has an interest in movies, and has watched every movie that has won the Academy Award for best picture, plus about 100 documentaries. In addition, for most of his life, Jason has been addicted to video games, which is what prompted him to teach himself how to code when he was 13.