5x founder

Jay Reno

Investor at Spot VC | Co-founder of Pointhound (YC S23)

Co-founder

Feather· Summer 2017 San Francisco Bay Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @jayjreno

2025Co-founder· Spot VC

Founder · since 2011

Company

Spot VC

Role

Co-founder & General Partner

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

Profile coverage5 of 7 · missing posts, contact

Feather

Furniture rental for consumers and businesses.

Summer 2017

Experience

Career

Pointhound
Co-founder
Co-founder & CEO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2023 – Present
2023
Spot VC
Co-founder
Co-founder & General Partner · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025 – Present
2025
Pointhound
Co-founder
Co-founder & CEO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2023 – Present
2023
645 Ventures
Venture Partner · San Francisco Bay Area · 2020 – Present
2020
Feather
Founder
Founder & CEO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2017 – 2022
2017
Y Combinator
S17 Batch · Mountain View, California, United States · 2017
2017
Fueled
Senior Strategy Lead · Greater New York City Area · 2015 – 2017
2015
Happy Labs Inc.
Co-founder
Co-founder & CEO · Brooklyn, NY · 2013 – 2015
2013
Craft Coffee
Head of Logistics & Coffee Buying · Brooklyn, NY · 2013 – 2014
2013
LocalBee
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · Brooklyn, NY · 2011 – 2013
2011
Elon University
President, Class of 2010 · 2009 – 2010
2009

Bio

Jay is the co-founder and CEO of Pointhound (S23) and previously founder and CEO of Feather (S17), a furniture rental company for living light. Feather raised $76m from Kleiner Perkins, Bain Capital Ventures, NEA, Spark, Cobalt, SV Angel and others and was acquired in 2022. Jay is also a Co-founder & Partner at Spot VC, backing exceptional YC founders.