# James Beshara

> James Beshara is a seed investor at Magic Mind (San Francisco) backing Software and Apps. See 51 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Magic Mind](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magic-mind)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 51
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjbeshara/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jjbeshara
- Website: https://www.airbnb.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jjbeshara

James Beshara is a seed investor at Magic Mind in San Francisco focused on Software and Apps. James Beshara is the founder of Magic Mind.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$8.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$3.8M |
| Series A | $7M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 37% |
| Apps | 7 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 14% |
| SaaS | 6 | 12% |

91 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 32 | 63% |
| Series A | 10 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 35 | 69% |
| India | 3 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 2% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zalos | Zalos creates AI tools that automate finance tasks, handle invoices, manage payments, and integrate with accounting systems. | $3.6M | Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| ShredSpots APP | Social Map App Of Hidden Street Sports Art | $600K | Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Sourcetable | Sourcetable connect, sync, and query all the data in a spreadsheet, without needing to know how to code. Founded in 2019, Sourcetable is based in San Francisco, California, United States. | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 31, 2025 |  |
| Assembly HOA | Modernizing HOA management through advanced automation and transparency for streamlined community governance. | $1.8M | Seed | Sep 26, 2024 |  |
| Assembly HOA | Modernizing HOA management through advanced automation and transparency for streamlined community governance. |  |  | Sep 26, 2024 |  |
| Superorder | Superorder provides restaurants the resources they need to increase income from delivery and takeaway with virtual brands through an all-in-one software platform. | $10M | Series A | Sep 15, 2023 |  |
| BOND | BOND is the first inspiration-driven live shopping platform that connects creators, brands, and consumers. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| Frond | Frond is a new platform for online community. Because it’s built from threads instead of chat, conversations are deeper, easier to follow, and scale automatically. | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| Meez Culinary Solutions | Meez Culinary Solutions is a SaaS company that transforms recipe content including videos and pictures into an interactive database. Meez Culinary Solutions helps its users to ideate, organize and search, collaborate, share, and execute their ideas. | $9M | Series A | Nov 03, 2022 |  |
| Rye | Rye is the company powering the future of agentic commerce. With its Universal Checkout API, Rye enables AI agents and applications to purchase any product online with low latency, high reliability, and minimal developer effort. By abstracting away the complexity of merchant systems, fraud defenses, and payment compliance, Rye provides the checkoutlayer built for AI.Founded in 2021 by Arjun Bhargava (CEO, ex-Reddit) and Justin Kan (co-founder, former Twitch co-founder and Y Combinator partner), Rye is backed by several investors, led by a16z crypto. | $14M | Seed | Oct 11, 2022 |  |

10 of 51 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shrug Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shrug-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Prototype Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/remote-first-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Fort Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fort-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Felicis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felicis-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [The Todd & Rahul Angel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-todd-rahul-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Magic Mind

VC Fund · Venice, United States

Magic Mind develops mental performance shot, crafted from a unique blend of 12 nootropics, adaptogens, vitamins, and antioxidants. This productivity drink is designed to improve energy levels, cognition, and balance, promoting a natural flow state that provides sustained focus throughout the day. Magic Mind’s ingredients are clinically shown toenhance mood, motivation, and mental clarity that helps maintain calm energy.

5 contacts available at Magic Mind.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frank Renfro | Retail Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-renfro |
| James Beshara | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-beshara |
| Sean Trigony | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-trigony |
| William Hicks | President & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-hicks-b17f |
| Yuxuan Tian | Co-Founder and Data Science Intern | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuxuan-tian |

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## FAQ

### What does James Beshara invest in?

James Beshara invests primarily in Software, Apps and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 51 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is James Beshara's check size?

James Beshara typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$8.3M at Seed, $1M–$3.8M at Pre-Seed and $7M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds James Beshara participates in.

### When did James Beshara last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Beshara closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 51 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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