Behind Company Lines

Jake Wood, Founder & CEO of Groundswell

March 17, 2023 Hosts Julian Torres and Mike Townsend, sponsored by Otter Labs Episode 204
Behind Company Lines
Jake Wood, Founder & CEO of Groundswell
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Jake Wood is the founder and CEO of Groundswell, a software company that enables companies to make philanthropy an employee benefit. Groundswell launched in 2021 after raising $15 million in venture capital led by Google Ventures. 

Prior to launching Groundswell, Wood served as the founder and CEO of Team Rubicon, a disaster response organization that is widely considered one of America’s leading nonprofit organizations.

Jake is a Marine Corps veteran with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a twice-published author, a frequent contributor in the media, and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.


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