FORA.tv Speaker - Jamie Daves

Jamie Daves is a Venture Partner at City Light Capital, a venture capital firm seeking market-based solutions to major social problems through investments in early stage businesses that create solutions in Safety and Security, Education and Media, and Energy and the Environment.

Prior to joining City Light, Daves founded and managed Platform Equity LLC, an investment and advisory firm focused on the digital media sector. There, he led investments in companies such as Worldwide Biggies and InStream Global and advised clients such as National Public Radio, Link TV, and The Wrap. Prior to Platform, Daves joined Vice President Al Gore and Joel Hyatt to found Current Media. A pioneer in the field of user-generated content and social media, Current Media has become the fastest growing cable network in the United States, reaching over 50 million households globally and winning an Emmy in 2007.

Daves has an extensive background as a social entrepreneur and public servant. He served in the Clinton Administration as a Special Assistant for Policy and Communications at the Federal Communications Commission. Under Chairman William E. Kennard, he focused on a wide range of policy matters including efforts to wire schools and libraries to the Internet, create new broadband services, and define the public interest responsibilities of broadcasters. He worked as the National Youth Director for the 1992 Clinton/Gore Presidential Campaign in Little Rock, AR and helped to lead outreach for the DC-based think tank DLC/PPI. He has been a co-founder of a number of leading non-profit organizations including the Full Circle Fund, Open MIC, and Public Allies and is a frequent speaker on subjects including the democratization of media and technology and social investing and innovation.

Daves has an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, attended the School of Education at Stanford University, and has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. He grew up in Washington DC where he attended the St. Albans School and currently resides in New York City.