Investing Profile

James Kim(661)

VC
Edtech Investor at Reach Capital
reachcapital.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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19 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Mike Maples (Floodgate), and 16 other investors on Signal.

Networks James is a member of
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
295 CONNECTIONS
Yale University Network
126 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Reach Capital Partner
Investment Range
$150K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
10
Current Fund Size
$82M

James Kim is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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James Kim's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Preply
Series CJul 2023$42M
$140M
Co-investors: Gary Swart (Polaris Partners), Pawel Chudzinski (Point Nine Capital), Kolja Hebenstreit (Point Nine Capital), David Helgason (foobar.vc), Przemek Gacek (Market One Capital), Rob Kniaz (Hoxton Ventures), Semyon Dukach (One Way Ventures), Tory Patterson (Owl Ventures), Litzie Maarek (Educapital), Ross Darwin (Owl Ventures), Przemyslaw Gacek, Daniel Hoffer, Arthur Kosten
Immigo
Pre SeedAug 2022$1M
$1.2M
Co-investors: Massimo Sgrelli (LombardStreet Ventures), Shauntel Poulson (Reach Capital), Andres Barreto (Techstars), Irene Mingozzi (LombardStreet Ventures), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Tim Griffin
Hopps
SeedAug 2021$5.6M
$13M
Co-investors: Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Fernando Pontaza (Invariantes Fund), Scott Belsky
Polygence
SeedMay 2021$3.6M
Pre-SeedFeb 2020$350K
$4M
Major League Hacking
SeedApr 2021$3.8M
$3.8M
Sketchy
Series ANov 2020$29M
$59M
Co-investors: Michaela Venuti (TCG (The Chernin Group)), Mike Kerns (TCG (The Chernin Group))
Riipen
SeedDec 2019$3.8M
$3.8M
Paper
Series ADec 2019$6M
$6M

most interested in

Tech and tech-enabled services that improve human capital

not interested in

Technology for the sake of technology

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