Chris Z.
Partner
Wing Venture Capital
Wing partner investing in data platforms, cybersecurity and AI-first infrastructure.
Bio
Professional summary
Jake Flomenberg is a Partner at Wing Venture Capital. His official profile describes his focus as operationalizing AI across the AI-first transformation of businesses, including infrastructure, foundation models, AI-powered applications, and tools or security software for technologists with product-led growth adoption. He brings product leadership experience from Splunk and Cloudera and prior venture experience from Accel, where he was lead investor and board member for companies including Demisto, Radar, and Sumo Logic. Wing lists current companies including Base, Pixee, Cyberhaven, Human Interest, SiMa, Torii, and Vimaan, making him a strong fit for technical enterprise, AI, devtool, security, and PLG-oriented opportunities.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
StealthPre-seedSeedSeries A
Sector
Operationalizing AIAI infrastructure and foundation modelsAI-powered applicationsDeveloper tools and security softwareProduct-led growth
Thesis
Operationalizing AIAI infrastructure and foundation modelsAI-powered applicationsDeveloper toolsSecurity softwareProduct-led growth
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
BasePixeeCyberhavenHuman InterestSiMaToriiVimaanDemistoRadarSumo LogicSplunkCloudera
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a technical AI, developer-tool, security, or PLG product story that shows bottom-up adoption and a path to enterprise scale.
Personalization hooks
- 1Connect to product-led growth if the product has user pull, developer adoption, or technical bottoms-up distribution.
- 2Reference his Splunk and Cloudera product background for data, observability, analytics, infrastructure, or platform products.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Official profile explicitly frames his interest around operationalizing AI and PLG-oriented tools for technologists.
Wing's about page highlights security, infrastructure, data science, go-to-market tooling, dev tools, and creative tooling as interesting categories.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Wing Venture CapitalPartner2018 - Present
- Accel PartnersPartnerUntil 2018
- ClouderaProduct LeadershipPre-Wing
- SplunkProduct LeadershipPre-Wing
Education
- Duke UniversityB.S., EE, CS, Economics
- University of PennsylvaniaM.S., Systems Engineering
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA
Skills
AI infrastructureProduct-led growthSecurity investingEnterprise software
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