# James Alcorn

> James Alcorn is a seed investor at Zetta Venture Partners backing Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zetta Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zetta-venture-partners)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

James Alcorn is a seed investor at Zetta Venture Partners focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. James Alcorn is the Associate of Zetta Venture Partners. He attended the University of California Berkeley. James Alcorn is an investment professional with experience in private equity, investment banking, and equity research.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cleric | Cleric is an AI teammate that frees software engineers up from on-call support. | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 21, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Zetta Venture Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Zetta Venture Partners is the first focused fund committed to delivering exceptional returns from the high-growth analytics market.The firm, founded by industry veteran Mark Gorenberg, launched in 2013.With offices in San Francisco and Utah, and a worldwide network of partners, entrepreneurs and investors, Zetta Venture Partners is at theforefront of the next huge and long-lasting investment opportunity.Focused funds deliver exceptional returns. In fact, over the past 10 years, focused funds have outperformed all funds by 72 basis points, according to the National Venture Capital Association. As an analytics-only fund, Zetta delivers the expertise, network and portfolio to create ongoing, exceptional deal flow.

5 contacts available at Zetta Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Alcorn | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-alcorn-d319 |
| Jocelyn Goldfein | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jocelyn-goldfein |
| Mark Gorenberg | Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-gorenberg |
| Apoorva Pandhi | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apoorva-pandhi |
| Dylan Reid | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dylan-reid |

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## FAQ

### What does James Alcorn invest in?

James Alcorn invests primarily in Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James Alcorn last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Alcorn closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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