Investing Profile

James Kim(816)

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

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), and 29 other investors on Signal.

Networks James is a member of
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
423 CONNECTIONS
Yale University Network
289 CONNECTIONS
Yale University Network
289 CONNECTIONS
Yale University Network
37 CONNECTIONS
Yale University Network
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Current Investing Position
Reach Capital Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
22
Current Fund Size
$82M

James Kim is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Parenting/Families (Seed)Human Capital/HRTech (Seed)Impact (Seed)AI (Series B)Education (Series B)Media/Content (Seed)Education (Series A)Human Capital/HRTech (Series B)Human Capital/HRTech (Series A)Parenting/Families (Series A)Impact (Series B)Parenting/Families (Series B)Consumer Internet (Series B)Marketplaces (Series B)Enterprise (Series B)Education (Seed)Media/Content (Series B)Impact (Series A)Media/Content (Series A)AI (Seed)Diverse InvestorsAI (Series A)Investors who invested in female foundersMarketplaces (Series A)SaaS (Series B)Investors who invested in diverse foundersEnterprise (Series A)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay AreaImpact (Pre-seed)Human Capital/HRTech (Pre-seed)Education (Pre-seed)Parenting/Families (Pre-seed)Media/Content (Pre-seed)AI (Pre-seed)Consumer Internet (Pre-seed)Marketplaces (Pre-seed)Enterprise (Pre-seed)SaaS (Pre-seed)SaaS (Series A)Consumer Internet (Series A)SaaS (Seed)Enterprise (Seed)Marketplaces (Seed)

James Kim's Investments On Record (18)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Lium
SeedJun 2026$6M
$6M
Cashmere
SeedJan 2026$5M
$8.7M
Co-investors: Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Nicholas Chirls (Notation Capital), Tonjé Bakang Tonje (Orange Fund (Orange DAO)), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Greg Kidd (globaliD), Jeremy Edberg
Godela
SeedJun 2025
Co-investors: Aaron Epstein (Y Combinator)
Kollegio
SeedMar 2025$3M
Pre SeedJun 2024$750K
$3.8M
GPTZero
Series AJun 2024$10M
$14M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Tripp Jones (Uncork Capital), Sara Du (Greylock), Thomas Glocer (Angelic Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork)
Iago Education
SeedJan 2024
Preply
Series CJul 2023$42M
$290M
Co-investors: Gary Swart (Polaris Partners), Rob Kniaz (Hoxton Ventures), Tory Patterson (Owl Ventures), Litzie Maarek (Educapital), Allen Mask (CōLab), Stephan Morais (Indico Capital Partners), Semyon Dukach (One Way Ventures), Przemek Gacek (Market One Capital), David Helgason (foobar.vc), Ross Darwin (Owl Ventures), Pawel Chudzinski (Point Nine Capital), Kolja Hebenstreit (Point Nine Capital), Daniel Hoffer (Autotech Ventures), Arthur Kosten, Przemyslaw Gacek
Immigo
Pre SeedAug 2022$1M
$1.2M
Co-investors: Shauntel Poulson (Reach Capital), Irene Mingozzi (LombardStreet Ventures), Andres Barreto (Firstrock Capital), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Tim Griffin (MPG Fund), Massimo Sgrelli (LombardStreet Ventures)

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
Board Director RosiePresent
Product Manager, Online Experiences for Yale Scholars (ONEXYS) Yale UniversityPresent
Board Observer FourthRevPresent
Board Observer LegendsPresent
Board Observer RiipenPresent
Board Director RiipenPresent
Board Observer GPTZeroPresent
Board Director KollegioPresent
Chief Academic Officer 12+Present
Board Observer PaperPresent
Board Director Coral CarePresent
Board Observer CashmerePresent
Board Observer Coral CarePresent
Board Observer HoppsPresent
Assistant Director Yale University Office of Undergraduate AdmissionsPresent
Board Director PolygencePresent
MBA Summer Associate Owl VenturesPresent
School Operations Manager, NYC Institute Teach For AmericaPresent
Director of Data Management, NYC Institute Teach For AmericaPresent
HS Math Teacher, Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex Teach For AmericaPresent
Associate Reach CapitalPresent
Senior Associate Reach CapitalPresent
Principal Reach CapitalPresent
Board Director PaperPresent
Board Observer Ever ScoutsPresent
MBA Associate Northern Light Venture CapitalPresent
Board Director Brilliant.orgPresent
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions Yale University2014 - 2016

James Kim's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Education Master of Arts (M.A.) Education
Yale University Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Astronomy and Physics
Stanford University Graduate School of Education MA
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA
Yale University BS Astrophysics