Jordan Segall is a Redpoint venture capital investor who has become a go-to reference for open source and devtools founders by writing data-driven essays that aggregate metrics from 80+ companies to create concrete benchmarks on GitHub stars, contributors, and revenue expectations. He approaches early-stage investing with an open-source-first mental model, prioritizing community traction over revenue at Seed and Series A stages, and has led investments in deeply technical infrastructure companies like DragonflyDB while building a reputation as someone who sets quantified goalposts for what good looks like in open source traction. Jordan Segall is a Redpoint venture capital investor who has become a go-to reference for open source and devtools founders by writing data-driven essays that aggregate metrics from 80+ companies to create concrete benchmarks on GitHub stars, contributors, and revenue expectations. He approaches early-stage investing with an open-source-first mental model, prioritizing community traction over revenue at Seed and Series A stages, and has led investments in deeply technical infrastructure companies like DragonflyDB while building a reputation as someone who sets quantified goalposts for what good looks like in open source traction.