Investing Profile

James Fitzgerald

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Founding Partner at Valar Ventures

valar.comNew York, New York

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Brigham Young University Network

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Brigham Young University Network

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates Network

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university of california - los angeles Network

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University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law Network

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Current Investing Position

Valar Ventures Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

111

Current Fund Size

$150M

James Fitzgerald is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Consumer Internet (Series B)Enterprise (Series B)Enterprise (Series A)New York City Consumer Internet (Seed)Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists Consumer Internet (Series A)Enterprise (Seed)

James Fitzgerald's Investments On Record (57)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Bound	Series AFeb 2026$25M SeedNov 2021$7M	$39M
Co-investors: Stuart Larkins (Chicago Ventures), Victor Jacobsson (Independent), Jay Wilson (AlbionVC), Brent Hill (Origin Ventures), Fabian Hansen (Presight Capital)
Octane	Series FDec 2025$50M Series EAug 2024$50M Series DAug 2021$52M Series CNov 2019$70M	$290M
Co-investors: Chang Xu (Basis Set Ventures), Luis Valdich (SoftBank Capital), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Jessica Lin (Work-Bench), Andrew McCormack (Valar Ventures), Matt Gorin (Contour Venture Partners), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Ash Egan (Archetype), Cameron Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital), Tyler Winklevoss (Gemini Israeli Ventures), Laila Hassan (500 Global), Balaji Srinivasan, Nitay Joffe
SILQ	UndisclosedApr 2025$110M	$130M
Co-investors: Topher Conway (SV Angel), Ben Gorman (F-Prime Capital Partners), Tilman Ehrbeck (Flourish Ventures), Wesley Barrow (Correlation Ventures), Michael Cardamone (Forum Ventures), Gyan Kapur (Surface Ventures), Ed Roman (Hack VC), Ben Braverman (Saga), Tina Moran (Flourish Ventures)
LiveFlow	Series ASep 2024$14M	$18M
Co-investors: Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Ann Bordetsky (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Phillip Chambers (Balderton Capital), Victor Jacobsson (Independent), Constantin Bisanz (Presight Capital), Johan Lorenzen (Upfin.vc), Mike Arpaia (Moonfire Ventures), Felix Martinez (Seedcamp), Tom Wilson (Seedcamp), Dalton Caldwell (Standard Capital), Mattias Ljungman (Moonfire Ventures), Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen (Balderton Capital), Carlos Eduardo Espinal (Seedcamp), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Oleg Tscheltzoff, Oliver Jung
Hero	Series AJun 2024$12M	$31M
Co-investors: Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Harsh Govil (Embedded Capital), Steve Anavi (Qonto), Guillaume Princen (MyC), Edward Lando (Biowear), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Naveen Selvadurai (Expansive Ventures)
MAJORITY	Series BMay 2024$29M Series BSep 2022$30M Series ADec 2021$27M SeedJun 2021$19M	$110M
Co-investors: Addie Lerner (Avid Ventures), Victor Jacobsson (Independent), Jacob De Geer
Embed	SeedMar 2024$5M	$13M
Co-investors: Keith Grose (Andreessen Horowitz), Travis Scher (North Island Ventures), Maria Palma (Kindred Capital VC), Chris Adelsbach (Outrun Ventures)
Monite	SeedFeb 2024$6M	$17M
Co-investors: Adriaan Mol (Unknown Ventures), Jonathan Weiner (Oak HC/FT), Pete Casella (Point72 Ventures), Michael Kim (Third Prime), Cornelius Walter (Various), Bas Godska (Acrobator Ventures), Cédric Waldburger (Tomahawk.VC), Tom Stafford (DST Global), Victor Jacobsson (Independent)

James Fitzgerald's Experience

Line Worker Taco BellPresent

Associate Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and AffiliatesPresent

Associate Skadden ArpsPresent

Chief Operating Officer Thiel CapitalPresent

General Counsel Clarium Capital ManagementPresent

Chief Operating Officer Thiel Capital LLCPresent

Founding Partner Valar VenturesPresent

Founding Partner Valar Ventures LLCPresent

James Fitzgerald's Education

Brigham Young University bachelors, bachelor of science biology

Brigham Young University BS Biology Sciences

university of california - los angeles doctor of jurisprudence, doctorates law

University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law JD Law

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