Jay Ganatra is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Infinity Ventures. Prior to Infinity, Jay ran the day-to-day of PayPal Ventures where they were investors in companies like Plaid, Tink, Toss, Olo, Extend, Happy Returns, Chargehound, TRM Labs, Paxos, and Talos. Before PayPal, Jay led M&A at Yelp, where he worked on the acquisition of Eat24 and eventually became GM of Online Ordering for all of Yelp. Prior to Yelp, he was an associate at Industry Ventures, did corporate development at Sabre, and began his career in investment banking at Cogent Partners.

Jay’s combination of investing and operating experience has helped him become an expert in operations, scaling, and strategy. His time on both sides of the table have helped inform the advice he gives founders; having both the empathy for entrepreneurs and the experience of a seasoned investor to help navigate ever-changing business environments.