About
Jade Charles is the founder of Penumbra Labs, a technology consulting group mainly specializing in mobile, blockchain, and web platforms. Previously, he was responsible for the innovation and architecture of the Fragmob platform along with the mobile and social strategy. He is considered an expert in mobile development technologies and online social psychology. In addition to founding Fragmob in 2007, Jade was previously responsible for various celebrity social networks such as Jessica Beil’s Make the Difference Network and Bode Miller’s SkiSpace.com Prior to FragMob, Jade served as CTO of TextAmerica where he was solely responsible for the development of the first hosted mobile photo sharing service in the world as featured in TIME Magazine and The New York Times. Jade Charles attended the University of Hawaii School of Electrical Engineering where he played Division I Football before starting his first company at age 19.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 59 investors hold the CEO, Founder role in VCSift. Jade Charles is one of them.
- • 829 investors are based in San Diego, California, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Stages
- seed
- Location
- San Diego, US
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