To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
— Steve Prefontaine

Jesse Jantzen is the founder of Skylar James Capital, a multi-strategy investment vehicle. Investing in financial markets, tech, web3/blockchain and film. He entered the crypto economy in 2015, and is a founding investor in Galaxy Digital as well as an early supporter of the Gemini Trust Company.

Previously, Jesse was a long/short global equities portfolio manager for Clearview Capital Management and held positions at Perella Weinberg Partners, W Holding Company LLC, as an assistant coach for Harvard University and as a professional athlete. Jesse currently sits on the board of the fetal center for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Beat the Streets (BTS) organization, serving as Chairman of the Board for NYC and the Vice-Chairman for BTS National.

Jesse received an A.B. from Harvard University in 2004. He was a three-time All-American, 2004 National champion and Outstanding Wrestler award winner. In 2005, Jesse won a World Championship at the University World Games in Izmir, Turkey at 66 kg in Freestyle wrestling. Jesse was a professional athlete for the Real Pro Wrestling league, representing the New York Outrage. He is the most decorated Harvard Wrestler in history and was a 2004 Bingham Award winner for Harvard’s best athlete. Jesse competed in the 2008 Olympic Trials, but fell short of his goal of making the Beijing Olympics. He is a member of the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame, EIWA Conference Hall of Fame, Suffolk County Hall of Fame and National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Jesse and his brother Corey formed TC Entertainment, a production company where they work on Film & TV projects (Foxcatcher, Dixieland, The Knick, Team Foxcatcher, David, Friends from College, Power and Unstoppable) as actors, producers, writers, financiers and stunt coordinators.

Jesse graduated from Shoreham Wading River High School, where he was the first 4x State Champion, 6x state place winner in New York State wrestling history. The only athlete ever to win within a single all-state division. He was a 3x High School All-American and 2x National Champion/Outstanding Wrestler award winner. In 2000, he was the Asics High School Wrestler of the Year and the top college recruit across the nation.

Jesse lives in downtown Manhattan, while splitting time in Miami and Los Angeles.