Investing Profile

James Kim(734)

VC
Partner at Reach Capital
reachcapital.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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25 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), and 22 other investors on Signal.

Networks James is a member of
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
298 CONNECTIONS
Yale University Network
127 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Reach Capital Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
12
Current Fund Size
$82M

James Kim is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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James Kim's Investments On Record (11)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Preply
Series CJul 2023$42M
$140M
Co-investors: Gary Swart (Polaris Partners), Ross Darwin (Owl Ventures), Tory Patterson (Owl Ventures), Rob Kniaz (Hoxton Ventures), David Helgason (foobar.vc), Przemek Gacek (Market One Capital), Pawel Chudzinski (Point Nine Capital), Kolja Hebenstreit (Point Nine Capital), Litzie Maarek (Educapital), Semyon Dukach (One Way Ventures), Przemyslaw Gacek, Daniel Hoffer, Arthur Kosten
Immigo
Pre SeedAug 2022$1M
$1.2M
Co-investors: Irene Mingozzi (LombardStreet Ventures), Andres Barreto (Techstars), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Massimo Sgrelli (LombardStreet Ventures), Shauntel Poulson (Reach Capital), Tim Griffin
Hopps
SeedAug 2021$5.6M
$13M
Co-investors: Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Fernando Pontaza (Invariantes Fund), Scott Belsky
Polygence
SeedMay 2021$3.6M
$3.6M
Major League Hacking
SeedApr 2021$3.8M
$3.8M
Sketchy
Series ANov 2020$29M
$59M
Co-investors: Mike Kerns (TCG (The Chernin Group)), Michaela Venuti (TCG (The Chernin Group))
Riipen
SeedDec 2019$3.8M
$3.8M
Paper
Series ADec 2019$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Cristina Cordova

most interested in

Tech and tech-enabled services that elevate human capital

not interested in

Technology in search of a problem

James Kim's Experience

Partner Reach Capital2018 - Present
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions Yale University2014 - 2016

James Kim's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Education MA
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA
Yale University BS Astrophysics

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