Jake Thomsen

Partner | Sovereign’s Capital

Jake is a Partner with Sovereign’s Capital, a venture capital fund that invests in faith driven entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia and the U.S.  Prior to Sovereign’s, he was in operational and advisory roles spanning start-ups to public companies.

As AVP of Bank of Hawaii, Jake oversaw sales, operations, customer engagement, and marketing for a regional team, with a focus on providing advice and growth capital to local entrepreneurs. He spent four years as an independent consultant, delivering strategy and operations advisory services to start-ups and small companies in the U.S. and Africa. Clients included a distributed solar energy company in Tanzania, a technology commercialization firm in North Carolina, and an innovative credit union with offices across the U.S. As Lead Associate in the Strategic Innovation Group of consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, Jake launched and managed a SaaS cybersecurity risk product for large IT organizations, and led business development for energy offerings in Jakarta, Indonesia. He also helped to stand up the Internet of Things (IoT) division, which developed and delivered IoT products and services to Fortune 100 clients.

Jake lives with his wife Lauren and his twins (a daughter and son) in Washington, D.C., where he is a board member of Little Lights Urban Ministries and Trinity Fellows Academy.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO FAITH DRIVEN ENTREPRENEUR

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Episode 138 - Fundraising 101 with Jake Thomsen
Episode 138 - Fundraising 101 with Jake Thomsen

Jake Thomsen shares the do’s and don’ts of fundraising based on his experience analyzing deals for Sovereign’s Capital.

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This Season with Jake Thomsen
This Season with Jake Thomsen

It's not really easy to believe that God loves me. Sometimes I have a hard time thinking he likes me, right? But no, he loves us and he likes us. He delights over us. So that's been meaningful for me.

Opinions, Beliefs, and Conviction
Opinions, Beliefs, and Conviction

One of the challenges we have as a society is that, as individuals, we have difficulty expressing the difference between our Opinions, Beliefs, and Convictions.

Power and Leverage in a Time of Crisis
Power and Leverage in a Time of Crisis

In the midst of uncertain times, Luke Roush and Jake Thomsen of Sovereign’s Capital provides a framework for how Christian business leaders can think about the unusual power and leverage the present circumstances have afforded them…

Commander's Intent
Commander's Intent

This article was originally presented at the Christian Economic Forum 2019. “Few organizations achieve goals in the face of uncertainty like the US military. There are many reasons for this, but one input often credited with enabling the necessary, singular focus during military operations is the “commander’s intent.”"

Reframing for How: Ought-Is-Can-Will
Reframing for How: Ought-Is-Can-Will

Yesterday I shared the motivation that I discovered in the four-part gospel as I wrestled with why my work mattered to God. Today I touch on how that vision applies to the faith-driven entrepreneur, and I try to make it a bit more actionable.

Why does the four-part gospel matter for the faith-driven entrepreneur? Because the framework charges us to reflect the world as it should be, and business has the power to shape the world in meaningful ways.

Starting with Why: The Four-Part Gospel
Starting with Why: The Four-Part Gospel

Faith-and-work content consistently beats the drum of affirming that marketplace vocations are as important to God as professional ministry. That message is crucial, as resources like this one give those of us with non-church giftings the confidence to pursue our callings. But we can’t stop there. Even if all believers in the marketplace one day know that our vocations matter, we still need to understand why. Otherwise we may run successful businesses guilt-free, but miss the motivation and focus that come from knowing our place in God’s story.

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