Investing Profile

James Cham(1916)

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Partner at Bloomberg Beta
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146 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 143 other investors on Signal.

Networks James is a member of
NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
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Top-Patents Network
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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
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Current Investing Position
Bloomberg BETA Partner
Investment Range
$25K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$750K
Investments On Record
51
Current Fund Size
$75M

James Cham is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

James Cham's Investments On Record (27)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Poly
SeedNov 2025$8M
$16M
Co-investors: Ryan Isono (Felicis Ventures), David Beisel (NextView Ventures)
Defakto Security
Series BOct 2025$31M
$31M
Co-investors: Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital)
AppZen
Series DSep 2025$180M
SeedJun 2016$3M
$280M
Co-investors: Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Arif Janmohamed (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Philippe Suchet (Spider Capital), Greg Kidd (globaliD), Wally Wang (Scale Asia Ventures), Alexandre Porto (Riverwood Capital), Christine Tsai (500 Global)
Stampli
Series DOct 2023$61M
Series BOct 2019$25M
Series AAug 2018$7M
SeedSep 2016$3M
$150M
Co-investors: Praveen Akkiraju (Insight Partners), Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Bobby Lent (Hillsven)
Upwage
SeedJul 2023$7M
$9M
Co-investors: Brian Jacobs (Emergence Capital), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Ellen Levy (Silicon Valley Connect), Kevin Ryan (AlleyCorp), Caroline Casson (Vitalize Venture Group), Gale Wilkinson (Vitalize Venture Capital), Jason Stoffer (Maveron), Natalie Dillon (Maveron), Arjan Schütte (Core Innovation Capital), Nisha Dua (BBG Ventures), Susan Lyne (BBG Ventures), Karin Klein (Bloomberg BETA), Christie Pitts (Backstage Capital), Cecilia Stallsmith, Josh Resnick
Capsule
SeedFeb 2023$6M
Pre SeedJan 2021$2M
$20M
Co-investors: Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Shruti Gandhi (Array Ventures), Brett Wilson (Swift Ventures), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Joe Marchese (Human Ventures), Chris Adamo (Predictive VC), Heather Hartnett (Human Ventures), Lisha Li (Amplify Partners), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Davis Treybig (Innovation Endeavors), Karim Atiyeh, Sahil Lavingia
Chroma
Pre SeedMay 2022$2M
$25M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Anthony Goldbloom (AIX Ventures), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Ben Silbermann, Biz Stone, Spencer Kimball, Guillermo Rauch, Akshay Kothari
LaunchDarkly
Series DAug 2021$200M
Series UnknownJan 2020$54M
Series ADec 2016$9M
SeedJun 2015$3M
$330M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Praveen Akkiraju (Insight Partners), Scott Raney (Redpoint Ventures), Josh Stein (Threshold Ventures), Jonathan Heiliger (Vertex Ventures), Ethan Kurzweil (Chemistry VC), Avery Rosin (Lead Edge Capital), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit Industries), Tom Drummond (Heavybit), Andy Chou (11.2 Capital), Preetish Nijhawan (Cervin Ventures), Neeraj Gupta (Cervin Ventures), Erik Eccles

James Cham's Experience

Partner Bloomberg Beta2013 - Present
Consultant Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Present
Partner Asset Management GroupPresent
Board Member Asset Management GroupPresent
Partner University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Board Member University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Partner Top-PatentsPresent
Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Senior Consultant Andersen ConsultingPresent
Partner NewCoPresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
Partner Self-EmployedPresent
Board Member Self-EmployedPresent
Board Member SweetLabs, Inc.Present
Partner BuildOnline (acquired by The Sword Group)Present
Board Member BuildOnline (acquired by The Sword Group)Present
Principal Trinity Ventures2010 - 2013
Board Member CrowdFlower2009 - 2010
Vice President Bessemer Venture Partners2005 - 2010
Board Member OpenCandy2010
Consultant Boston Consulting Group2004 - 2005
Principal Zefer1999 - 2002
Senior Consultant Accenture1995 - 1999

James Cham's Education

MIT Sloan School of Management MBA Business
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management MBA Business
Harvard College AB Computer Science
harvard college AB Computer Science
Semester at Sea AB Computer Science
Harvard University AB Computer Science
Montebello High School