# Daniel James

> Daniel James is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Toys, Mobile and E-Commerce. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/capncleaver
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/capncleaver/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capncleaver

Daniel James is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Toys and Mobile. Daniel James

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Toys | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| 3D Printing | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vollar | Vollar is a digital currency earned by doing good alongside local nonprofit organisations. | $28K | Angel | Jan 15, 2019 |  |
| MakieLab | MakieLab is building social toys & games from the same dataset. They're taking 3D modelling for games, and 3D printing for manufacture, and building a pipeline to automatically produce both from a set of characters, furniture, or similar game and toy objects.Their first product is Makies, a new kind of future-smashing toy:customisable, 3D-printed, locally made, and game-enabled. Since Makies first launched in 2012, they've released two apps centering around super creative fashion play (Makies Doll Factory and Makies FabLab), launched Makies into Selfridges and Hamleys (London), won some lovely toy awards and shipped Makies to all four corners of the Earth. | $1.4M | Seed | Jun 07, 2012 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lifeline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifeline-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Daniel James invest in?

Daniel James invests primarily in Toys, Mobile and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Daniel James last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daniel James closed in Jan 2019. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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