Jenn Kranz Guillen
Investor
Based in Venice, California, Jenn Kranz Guillen is an investor at Mucker Capital, where she partners with early-stage startups across the West Coast. She has led investments across HealthTech, FinTech, and Supply Chain, with a particular focus on vertical SaaS platforms and AI-native applications transforming legacy industries. Jenn has supported more than 30 portfolio companies through successful fundraising efforts—shaping narratives, optimizing materials, and facilitating investor introductions.
Jenn brings experience from both sides of the table. She previously contributed to investments at MTech Capital and B Capital Group, enabling over $500M in potential downstream transaction value. At Halogen Ventures, she supported acquisition strategies and LP fundraising initiatives. Earlier, she joined the founding team at Haystack, a venture-backed communications startup, where she built and executed the company’s first GTM sales campaign—driving pipeline that contributed 15% of the annual revenue target.
Jenn began her career at TriNet, where she served as the Venture Capital Practice Leader and was recognized as the top-ranked Technology Consultant in Los Angeles—TriNet’s third-largest market—advising early-stage teams on HR and operational strategy.
A double Trojan (fight on!), Jenn earned both her MBA and BA from the University of Southern California.
Jenn can be reached at jenn at mucker dot com.
Articles by Jenn Kranz Guillen

Building Product Without Knowing Code With Adam New Waterson
In a deep dive into AI-driven product development, Adam New-Waterson, a former CMO turned Chief Product Officer and now solopreneur, shared how non-technical founders can harness the power of AI...

How To Build An Automated Sales Outreach Engine For Startups with ColdIQ
Many B2B startups (and even larger organizations) are unable to be successful with their outbound sales strategy because they take a lazy, “batch-and-blast” approach. In a recent Mucker Growth Series...

Navigating the AI Sales Tools Landscape To Grow Your Startup With Blue Bowen
We had the privilege of hosting, Eugene “Blue” Bowen, Research Principal from G2, one of the leading software marketplaces and review sites that cover a broad range of B2B solutions....

Compensation Benchmarks for Early Stage Startups with Peter Walker
In this Mucker Growth Session, Peter Walker from Carta reviews insights and compensation benchmarks for early stage startups gathered from Carta’s extensive dataset of nearly 50,000 startups. In the evolving...

Legal 101 For Startups with Amanda Busch
In this Mucker Growth Session, Amanda Busch, General Counsel at Mucker, discusses the legal basics founders should consider when building their startup. Link to Slide Content: Mucker Growth Series –...

Buyer Journey Framework – The Secret To B2B Go-To-Market Success with Tony Yang
In this Mucker Growth Session, Tony Yang, Head of Growth at Mucker, walks through using a buyer’s journey framework to improve your customer’s experience and your conversion rates. Common Buyer...