# James Barlia

> James Barlia is a seed investor at Revolution (Washington) backing iOS and Android. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Revolution](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revolution)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbarlia/

James Barlia is an Investment Associate at Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and was a Senior Analyst at Greenspring Associates. He attended Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| iOS | 1 | 100% |
| Android | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Quality Assurance | 1 | 100% |
| Usability Testing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sofy | Sofy is a no-code test automation platform that enables end-to-end testing from the CI/CD pipeline on real devices. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States. | $7.8M | Seed | Aug 17, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GTMfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gtmfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PSL Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/psl-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Voyager Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/voyager-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Revolution

VC Fund · Washington, United States

Founded by Steve Case in 2005, Revolution partners with passionate entrepreneurs upending traditional industries with innovative products and services, leveraging its areas of specialized expertise to create significant value. Through its family of funds that include The Rise of the Rest Seed Funds, Revolution Ventures, and Revolution Growth,Revolution partners with entrepreneurs at every stage of the entrepreneurial lifecycle.Revolution focuses on venture communities in high-potential geographies and believes that while talent is well distributed, the opportunity is not. The firm’s vision that great companies can start and scale anywhere is supported by the fact that startups in emerging venture communities are often more capital efficient, offer a lower cost of doing business, and attract talent looking for a better quality of life.

5 contacts available at Revolution.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anna Kohanski Mason | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-kohanski-mason |
| Clara Sieg | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clara-sieg |
| Clint Myers | Partner and Fund Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clint-myers |
| David Hall | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-hall-3 |
| James Barlia | Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-barlia |

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## FAQ

### What does James Barlia invest in?

James Barlia invests primarily in iOS, Android and Software 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 Barlia last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Barlia closed in Aug 2022. 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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