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Jed McCaleb
CaliforniaFinanceGiving Pledge
Not graded
insufficient data
~$3.9B
Profile Summary
Jed McCaleb is a California-based U.S. billionaire born in 1975, with an estimated net worth of ~$3.9 billion RTB. A 2026 news report described him as a crypto billionaire and identified Vast as his company NewsAPI.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR identifies one reported insider filing for McCaleb: a Form 3 filed on August 11, 2025. A Form 3 is an initial ownership report filed when someone becomes a reporting insider at a public company; the filing is associated with Firefly Aerospace, Astra Space, JMCM Holdings LLC, SherpaVentures Fund II, LP, and Adam London in the SEC search results SEC EDGAR.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission data records 28 contributions totaling $1,102,800 between January 14, 2012, and July 31, 2026 FEC. The party breakdown was $1,071,000 to recipients with an unknown party designation, $16,500 to Republican recipients, and $15,300 to Democratic recipients; $1,000,000 went to We Deserve Better, Inc. FEC.
These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
In the News
An August 21, 2026 Economic Times report said Vast cut 46 employees, about 4% of its workforce, after a $500 million funding round NewsAPI. The report said the company was working to launch Haven-1 and develop a commercial replacement for the International Space Station NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
residenceBerkeley, California
Political Contributions
$1.1MTotal Contributed
28Contributions
2012–2026Date Range
By Party
Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $1,102,800.
Top Recipients
WE DESERVE BETTER, INC.$1.0M
COLLINS VICTORY COMMITTEE$17K
WHITESIDES VICTORY FUND$12K
YOUNG VICTORY COMMITTEE$12K
COLLINS FOR SENATOR$7K
Matched by name only. These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
SEC Filings
1Total Filings
1Insider Filings
143EDGAR Mentions
0002081012Personal CIK
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
3OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT
8/11/2025News Coverage
Coverage window: 2026-08-21 · retrieved 8/22/2026
Giving score
Not graded — insufficient data
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