Investing Profile

Jim Andelman(837)

CEO
Co-founder and Managing Director at Bonfire Ventures
bonfirevc.comSanta Barbara, California
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Jim Andelman's investing connections

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72 Investors

Connected to Satya Patel (Homebrew), Pete Flint (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), and 69 other investors on Signal.

Networks Jim is a member of
NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
841 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Bonfire Ventures
Investment Range
$1M - $3.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
77
Current Fund Size
$20M

Jim Andelman is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Jim Andelman's Investments On Record (43)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Juno
SeedApr 2026$12M
$72M
Co-investors: Evan Moore (Khosla Ventures), Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Jaynti Kanani (Polygon), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Steve Singh (Madrona Ventures), Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Adam Zobler (Foundamental), Mark Pearson (Fuel Ventures), Serge Chiaramonte (Myra), Will Martin (Sprout.ai), Charles Seely (Pact VC), Nitin Sharma (Antler), Brian Ma (Iterative Capital), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures), Surojit Chatterjee, Prashant Malik, David Lieb, Tony Jamous, Balaji Srinivasan
Risotto
SeedJan 2026$10M
$11M
Co-investors: Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Dalton Caldwell (Standard Capital)
Alvys
Series BSep 2025$40M
Series AJul 2024$26M
SeedJun 2023$6M
$72M
Bonsai Health
SeedSep 2025$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Dustin Rosen (Wonder Ventures)
Topline Pro
Series BAug 2025$27M
Series AJul 2023$12M
SeedOct 2022$5M
$44M
Co-investors: Brian O'Malley (Forerunner Ventures), Songe LaRon (Squire), Susan Lyne (BBG Ventures), Soraya Darabi (TMV), Molly Alter (Northzone)
Vanta
Series DJul 2025$150M
$470M
Co-investors: Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), April Underwood (Obvious Ventures), Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), James Flynn (Deerfield Management), Matthew Witheiler (Wellington Management), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Chloe Sladden (Broadway Angels), Jana Messerschmidt (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), J Zac Stein (Craft Ventures), Ethan Ruby (Craft Ventures), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Christina Cacioppo, Andy Coravos, Akshay Kothari
Boulevard
Series DJul 2025$80M
Series CAug 2022$70M
Series BNov 2020$27M
Series ANov 2019$11M
SeedJan 2018
$190M
Co-investors: Damir Becirovic (Index Ventures), Patrick Mathieson (Toba Capital)
1Fort AI
SeedApr 2025$10M
$12M
Co-investors: Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Ben Porterfield, Karim Atiyeh, Chafic Kazoun

most interested in

100% focused on B2B Software, broadly defined: applications, infra, SMB, enterprise, subscription, usage-based, vertical, horizontal, etc.

not interested in

We don't invest in consumer, we rarely invest in hardware,

Jim Andelman's Experience

Board member emeritus and Investor WRITERPresent
Board Member and Investor RisottoPresent
Board member and Investor JunoPresent
Founder and Managing Partner Calling BrandsPresent
Senior Associate BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Associate BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Principal BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Board member and Investor DataPopPresent
Founder and Managing Partner BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Senior Associate University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Associate University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Principal University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Founder and Managing Partner University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Board Member and Investor Vivo CarePresent
Board member and Investor GitStartPresent
Senior Associate NewCoPresent
Associate NewCoPresent
Principal NewCoPresent
Board Member and Investor IntellinotePresent
Board Member and Investor Gradient XPresent
Board Member and Investor BurstlyPresent
Board member and Investor CriteoPresent
Board Member and Investor RentlyticsPresent
Board Member and Investor Conversion LogicPresent
Board Member and Investor Tradesy (acquired)Present
Founder and Managing Partner NewCoPresent
Board Member and Investor MNTNPresent
Board Member and Investor Fuel50Present
Board Member and Investor AloftPresent
Board member Emeritus and Investor Windfall DataPresent
Board Member and Investor Rainforest QAPresent
Board member and Investor ParticlePresent
Founder and Managing Partner Rincon Venture PartnersPresent
Investor DISQOPresent
Investor PostiePresent
Board Member and Investor Fuel50 (Career path software)Present
Board Member and Investor KittyhawkPresent
Board Member emeritus and Investor BoulevardPresent
Board member and Investor Wildfire Systems, IncPresent
Board member Emeritus and Investor WindfallPresent
Investor CubePresent
Board member and Investor SwellPresent
Board Member and Investor Optimize.healthPresent
Board member emeritus and Investor WriterPresent
Board member and Investor DuroPresent
Board member and Investor AlvysPresent
Board member and Investor GitStartHQ (YC S19) Present
Co-founder and Managing Director Bonfire VenturesPresent
Board member and Investor Topline ProPresent
Board member and Investor TelgorithmPresent

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