Investing Profile

James Joaquin(1)

VCInvestor
Co-founder & Managing Director at Obvious Ventures
obvious.com/team/San Francisco, California
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Obvious Ventures Managing Director
$1M - $5.0M
$3.0M
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$272M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
MycoMedica Life Sciences, PBC
Series AJun 2022$60M
$68M
Co-investors: Will Weisman (KittyHawk Ventures)
Parallel Learning
Series AMay 2022$20M
$23M
Co-investors: Jay Chen (Tiger Global Management), Noah Beck (Animal Capital), Josh Richards (REMUS Capital), Eric Reiner (Vine Ventures LP), Dan Povitsky (Vine Ventures LP), Griffin Johnson
Nectar
Seed RoundMar 2022$8M
$13M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Lior Susan (Eclipse Ventures)
Beam Organics
Series AFeb 2021$5M
Seed RoundOct 2019$5M
$10M
Co-investors: Chris Cunningham (C2Ventures)
Joy
Convertible NoteOct 2020$500K
Seed RoundOct 2016$2.5M
$100M
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Maaria Bajwa (Sound Ventures), Brady Bohrmann (Avalon Ventures), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Alexia Bonatsos (Dream Machine), Louis Beryl, Mark Pincus, Eduardo Haber, Matt Bellamy, Justin Timberlake
Career Karma
Seed RoundJul 2019$1.5M
$92M
Co-investors: Iman Abuzeid (Sequoia Capital), Brian Dixon (Kapor Capital), Amira Yahyaoui (Sequoia Capital), Kim-Mai Cutler (Initialized Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Ashley Flucas (Flucas Ventures), Nitin Pachisia (Unshackled Ventures), Manan Mehta (Unshackled Ventures), Jewel Burks (Collab Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Maria Salamanca (Ulu Ventures), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Fern Mandelbaum (Vista Venture Partners), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Justin Rosenstein, Kevin Lee, David J. Phillips, Anthony Pompliano, Baron Davis
Fetcher
Seed RoundMar 2019$5.4M
$33M
Co-investors: Robin Godenrath (Picus Capital), Julian Roeoes (Picus Capital), Mike Troiano (G20 Ventures), Thomas Falk (Revel Partners)
Enervee
Series AMay 2015$3.7M
$3.7M
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