Jewel Melanie Burks Solomon is an American tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist working as the first head of Google for Startups in the U.S. She is managing partner of the investment firm, Collab Capital, focusing on Black entrepreneurship.
Burks Solomon was previously the Google entrepreneur in residence for diversity markets from January 2014 to October 2016.
[2][1] Burks Solomon began her career at Google in Mountain View, California as a BOLD intern the summer of 2009.
[4] Burks Solomon served as the Google entrepreneur in residence for diversity markets from January 2014 to October 2016.
[2] Burks Solomon left Google to oversee the integration of PartPic's technology with the Amazon mobile app.