Investing Profile

James Joaquin(1)

VCInvestor
Co-founder & Managing Director at Obvious Ventures
obvious.com/team/San Francisco, California
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Apple Computer Network
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Obvious Ventures Managing Director
$1M - $5.0M
$3.0M
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$272M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Nectar
Series ADec 2022$17M
SeedMar 2022$8M
$31M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Patrick Chun (Juxtapose Capital), Gustaf Alströmer (Y Combinator), Lior Susan (Eclipse Ventures), Justin Mateen
MycoMedica Life Sciences, PBC
Series AJun 2022$60M
$68M
Co-investors: Jon Callaghan (True Ventures), Will Weisman (KittyHawk Ventures)
Parallel Learning
Series AMay 2022$20M
$29M
Co-investors: Jay Chen (Tiger Global Management), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Lee Fixel (Addition), Noah Beck (Animal Capital), Josh Richards (REMUS Capital), Dan Povitsky (Vine Ventures LP), Eric Reiner (Vine Ventures LP), Jenny Abramson (Rethink Impact), Griffin Johnson
Beam Organics
Series AFeb 2021$5M
SeedOct 2019$5M
$10M
Co-investors: Chris Cunningham (C2Ventures)
Career Karma
SeedJul 2019$2M
$52M
Co-investors: Amira Yahyaoui (Sequoia Capital), Iman Abuzeid (Sequoia Capital), Brian Dixon (Kapor Capital), Kim-Mai Cutler (Initialized Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Anarghya Vardhana (Maveron), Maria Salamanca (Ulu Ventures), Jewel Burks (Collab Capital), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Fern Mandelbaum (Vista Venture Partners), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Nitin Pachisia (Unshackled Ventures), Manan Mehta (Unshackled Ventures), Paul Judge (TechSquare Labs), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Kevin Lee, Bangaly Kaba, John Henry, Baron Davis, Anthony Pompliano, Justin Rosenstein, Halle Tecco, Nick Caldwell
Fetcher
SeedMar 2019$5M
$40M
Co-investors: Robin Godenrath (Picus Capital), Julian Roeoes (Picus Capital), Mike Troiano (G20 Ventures), Christian Dorffer (Sweet Capital), Thomas Falk (Revel Partners)
Enervee
Series AMay 2015$4M
$4M
Metabiota
Series AMay 2015$31M
SeedMar 2014$3M
$34M
Co-investors: Zachary Bogue (DCVC (Data Collective)), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures), Georges Harik, Adrian Aoun
Sustainability Health Wellness CPG FinTech Computational Biology
Enterprise Ad Tech SaaS Cyber Security
Co-Founder Obvious Ventures2014 - Present
Partner Catamount Ventures2011 - 2014
Chairman Pixelpipe2009 - 2013
President & CEO Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks)2008 - 2010
Venture Partner Bridgescale Partners2007 - 2008
President & CEO Xoom Corporation2005 - 2006
President & CEO Ofoto A Kodak Company1999 - 2004
Co-founder & VP Business Development When Inc. (acquired by AOL)1998 - 1999
Newton Marketing & Business Development Apple Computer1989 - 1995