JetBlue Technology Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of US-based airline JetBlue, has promoted investment associates Christina Heggie and Ajay Sharma to investment principal positions, Axios has reported.
Heggie joined JetBlue as an investment associate in June 2016 and led its investment in Recharge Labs, a hotel booking app developer for which she is also a board observer.
Prior to JetBlue, Heggie was a marketing manager for Checkmate, a mobile services platform for hotels, and had also held consultant roles at short-term accommodation providers such as Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Airbnb.
Sharma was a founding member of the JetBlue venturing team, and his investments include participation in rounds for wireless industrial network developer Filament, hybrid electric aircraft startup Zunum Aero and customer service software provider Gladly.
Sharma had previously spent time managing early and growth-stage investments at venture capital and private equity firms Compound Ventures, Bregal Sagemount and Lightview Capital. He has also worked in risk management for investment management firm BlackRock.
– Picture of Christina Heggie courtesy of Twitter.