Jewel Burks Solomon is the Head of Google for Startups in the US. Jewel works to level the playing field for underrepresented startup founders and communities in this role by connecting them with the best of Google’s products, people, and platforms. In addition to this role, Jewel also serves as a Managing Partner at Collab Capital, an alternative investment fund she launched to close the funding gap for Black entrepreneurs. Jewel’s work and mission are about creating more access to the technology innovation ecosystem.
Prior to leading Google for Startups and Collab Capital, Jewel was the Founder/CEO of Partpic. This startup, acquired by Amazon in 2016, streamlined the purchase of maintenance and repair parts using computer vision technology. After the acquisition of Partpic, Jewel became a product leader at Amazon’s Visual Search and AR team. She led the integration of Partpic’s technology and launched it as Amazon PartFinder in 2018 to the over 150M users of Amazon’s Mobile Shopping App.
Before founding Partpic, Jewel held management and sales roles at McMaster-Carr and Google, Inc. Jewel was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016, one of Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 in 2018, and one of Atlanta’s 100 Most Influential People in 2020.
Jewel serves on the boards of reImagine: ATL, a nonprofit that trains, equips, and inspires Generation Z to build careers in the creative and digital media industries, and 12 Days of Christmas, Inc., a volunteer service organization committed to keeping the spirit of the holidays for less fortunate families. She is a 2019 Class of Henry Crown Fellows member within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.
