Investing Profile

James Hardiman(2)

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Partner at Data Collective
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Networks James is a member of
NewCo Network
1587 CONNECTIONS
University of California, Berkeley Network
363 CONNECTIONS
The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business Network
58 CONNECTIONS
Blackstone Network
27 CONNECTIONS
The Blackstone Group Network
21 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
DCVC (Data Collective) Partner
Investment Range
$5.0M - $25.0M
Sweet Spot
$15.0M
Investments On Record
23
Current Fund Size
$725M

James Hardiman is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

James Hardiman's Investments On Record (13)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Alta Resource Technologies
SeedMay 2025$4M
SeedJan 2025$5M
$9M
Co-investors: Leonardo Banchik (Global Founders Capital)
Lumafield
Series CMar 2025$75M
Series AJan 2020
$110M
Co-investors: Santo Politi (Spark Capital), Shravan Narayen (IVP), Ajay Vashee (IVP), Jason Calacanis (Sequoia Capital), Dylan Field, Shane Neman
Slip Robotics
Series BDec 2024$28M
$39M
Co-investors: Thiago Olson (EVE Atlas)
Q-CTRL
Series BOct 2024$59M
Series BNov 2021$25M
SeedJul 2018
$130M
Co-investors: Ben Yu (Sierra Ventures), Steven Ji (Sequoia Capital), Brian Keil (Alumni Ventures ), Phil Morle (Main Sequence Ventures), Damien Petty (Morpheus Ventures), Robert Keith (Salesforce Ventures), Lewis Pinault (Airbus Ventures), Chris Moran (Lockheed Martin Ventures)
Noetik
Series AAug 2024$40M
SeedSep 2023$14M
$54M
Co-investors: Chau Khuong (OrbiMed), Amy Schulman (Polaris Partners), Dylan Reid (Zetta Venture Partners), Yoshua Bengio, Jack Boren, Chris Gibson
Valar Labs
Series AMay 2024$22M
$26M
Co-investors: Vineeta Agarwala (Andreessen Horowitz), Cavin Mozarmi (REMUS Capital), Nikita Andersson (Hummingbird Ventures), Steve Blank (National Institutes Of Health), Johannes Schildt
Shennon Biotechnologies
SeedMar 2023$13M
$13M
Co-investors: Steve Vassallo (Foundation Capital), Ruchita Sinha (AV8 Ventures)
nTopology
Series DNov 2021$65M
Series CSep 2020$40M
Series BJul 2019$20M
Series ANov 2017$8M
$140M
Co-investors: Joshua Fredberg (Insight Partners), Hrach Simonian (Canaan Partners), Avidan Ross (Root Ventures), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Bob Pasker, Greg Schroy, Colin Carrier

James Hardiman's Experience

Partner Data Collective2016 - Present
Investor and Board Observer Unlearn.aiPresent
Investor and Board Director NoetikPresent
Investor and Board Director Stealth Robotics CompanyPresent
Investor and Board Director Stealth Industrial Inspection CompanyPresent
Investor and Board Director Gradle IncPresent
R&D Lam ResearchPresent
Investor and Board Director nTopologyPresent
Investor and Board Observer Q-CTRLPresent
Investor and Board Observer Recursion PharmaceuticalsPresent
Investor and Board Director Sequence BioPresent
Investor and Board Observer Subtle MedicalPresent
Investor and Board Observer Citrine InformaticsPresent
Investor and Board Observer Gro IntelligencePresent
Investor and Board Observer Unlearn.AIPresent
General Partner Data CollectivePresent
Investor and Board Director NOETIKPresent
Investor and Board Observer Stealth TechBio CompanyPresent
Investor and Board Director Shennon BiotechnologiesPresent
Investor and Board Observer AmogyPresent
Investor and Board Director LumafieldPresent
Investor and Board Director nTopology inc.Present
Investor and Board Observer NiumPresent
Investor and Board Observer Sequence BioPresent
Investor and Board Observer Fortem TechnologiesPresent
Investor and Board Director Valar LabsPresent
General Partner DCVCPresent
Investor and Board Observer RecursionPresent
Investor and Board Observer Stealth Company (James Hardiman)Present
Consultant ZSPresent
Investor and Board Observer NewCoPresent
Investor and Board Director Stealth Company (James Hardiman)Present
Investor and Board Director nTopPresent
Summer Associate BlackstonePresent
Principal Data Collective2013 - 2016
Summer Associate The Blackstone Group2013 - 2013
Consultant ZS Associates2007 - 2012
Technical Intern Lam Research2005 - 2007
Technical Intern Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation2004 - 2005

James Hardiman's Education

The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of California, Berkeley BS Engineering Physics