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Jay Hum

Principal at Mighty Capital

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Overview

Jay Hum is a Principal at Mighty Capital [1][3], where Hum leads the firm's AI-focused pre-seed strategy and corporate partnerships [2]. Hum's background spans more than twenty years as an operator in product and business development [2]. Prior roles include positions at CruxOCM, where Hum partnered on a $17M Series A and scaled industrial AI offerings [2], and at Autonomic, which was acquired by Ford [2]. Hum also serves as Cofounder and Product Advisor at Cleanster [6], Product Advisor at Stock: The Logistics of Inventory Donation [7], Board Observer at Optimly [8] and Abrial [9], and Advisory Board Member at Products That Count [10]. Hum holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management from IE Business School [11] and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Manitoba [12].

Profile introduction
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I'm an investor at Mighty Capital. I lead our AI-focused pre-seed strategy and the corporate partnerships behind it. I got here the long way. Twenty-plus years as an operator: first product hire and CPO scaling venture-backed enterprise platforms from zero to repeatable revenue. At CruxOCM, I partnered with the CEO to close a $17M Series A, evolved a single product into a multi-product industrial AI platform, and turned Fortune 500 relationships into multi-year, 7-figure commitments. Before that, at Autonomic (acquired by Ford), I took 12 services from 0-to-1 and 1-to-100, scaling a connect…

Career history

  1. PrincipalJun 2026 to presentMighty Capital
  2. Product FellowAug 2025 to May 2026Mighty Capital
  3. Product Executive-in-ResidenceApr 2022 to Jul 2025Mighty Capital
  4. Cofounder & Product AdvisorSep 2023 to presentCleanster
  5. Product AdvisorApr 2026 to presentStock: The Logistics of Inventory Donation
  6. Board ObserverMar 2026 to presentOptimly
  7. Board ObserverNov 2025 to presentAbrial
  8. Advisory Board MemberDec 2023 to presentProducts That Count

Education

  1. Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship and Strategic ManagementIE Business School
  2. Bachelor of Science (BSc), Environmental ScienceUniversity of Manitoba

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