Our Team
We share a conviction that messaging represents a fundamental shift in
consumer engagement.
Deyan Vitanov
Co-founder & CEO
Petar Dobrev
Co-founder & CTO
Nikolay Nikolov
Growth Engineer
Jake Davies
Lead Platform Engineer
Jose Martinez
Creative Director
Jeanette Mui
Growth Engineer
Lewis Hopkins
Senior Platform Engineer
Brittany Marisco
Growth Designer
Anna Filou
Product Designer, Platform
Diana Maher
Head of Growth
Garrett Dare
Growth Designer
Michelle Ames
Developer Success
Board of Directors
Jest is steered by its Board of Directors, who bring deep experience building and scaling enduring technology companies.
Deyan Vitanov
Co-founder & CEO
Serial entrepreneur, most recently CMO at instant gaming unicorn Playco
Petar Dobrev
Co-founder & CTO
Serial entrepreneur, most recently Head of Core Tech at instant gaming unicorn Playco
Dror Berman
Founding Partner, Innovation Endeavors
Co-founded and built Innovation Endeavors into a leading VC firm with $2B+ under management
Craig Sherman
Managing Director, Meritech Capital
Craig's investments include Roblox (RBLX), 10x Genomics (TXG) and more
Investors
Jest is backed by leading VCs and angel investors who've helped shape some of the most successful technology companies.
They share our conviction that messaging is becoming the new way to reach, engage, and retain consumers - a new paradigm for distribution.