# James Finnigan

> James Finnigan is a seed investor backing Software and Financial Services. See 8 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Mar 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-finnigan-52a6b55

James Finnigan is a seed investor in Austin focused on Software and Financial Services. James Finnigan - President & Creator @ Bernie's Best

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 38% |
| Travel | 2 | 25% |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |
| Business Travel | 2 | 25% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 63% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rocket Dollar | Rocket Dollar lets people unlock IRA/401(k) money to invest in alternative/private assets such as real estate, crypto, startups, private equity, venture, and more with no taxes. | $3.5M | Seed | Mar 27, 2019 | https://rocketdollar.com |
| Vence | Vence makes a hardware solution for cattle which when combined with their application software allows farmers to remotely manage/control their livestock. Their solution increases the utilization of the available grasses (increased the number of animals on a farm), removes costs associated with fencing (hardware/ maintenance costs/labor) and eliminates labor associated with moving the animals. | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 22, 2018 | http://vence.io |
| Shep | Monitor and communicate with employees across thousands of sites. | $1.4M | Seed | Feb 15, 2018 | http://www.sheptravel.com |
| Shep | Shep’s browser extension-based tool provides travel programs with an easy way to capture employee bookings made on consumer travel sites, messaging employees about the travel policy, while capturing those off-channel bookings for the travel team. | $1.4M | Seed | Feb 15, 2018 | http://www.sheptravel.com |
| Petal | Petal  is a credit card company that is built to help people financially succeed. It aims to make credit honest, simple, and accessible. The company uses machine learning to analyze a customer’s full digital financial record—not just their credit score.Petal has pioneered cash flow underwriting, as an alternative to credit scores, to make creditmore accessible, and offers a simple, modern digital experience that encourages members to build credit, avoid debt, and spend responsibly. Petal is based in New York, New York, and Richmond, Virginia. The Petal credit card is issued by WebBank, Member FDIC. | $3.6M | Seed | Sep 08, 2017 | https://www.petalcard.com/ |
| Oliver Technology Corporation | Oliver Technology Corporation is a SaaS Enabled Marketplace revolutionizing the way legal services in the financial industry are delivered. We've developed an integrated SaaS solution that allows banks to manage and oversee legal collections from beginning to end. In addition, the platform provides access to a marketplace of over 300 trainedattorneys across 15 states. | $1.3M | Convertible Note | Mar 03, 2017 | https://olivertechnology.com/ |
| Prefix | PreFix enables you to stop spending time worrying about your home and save 30-50% off annual maintenance costs. | $1.2M | Convertible Note | Jan 24, 2017 | https://prefixinc.com/ |
| Prefix | PreFix enables you to stop spending time worrying about your home and save 30-50% off annual maintenance costs. |  | Pre-Seed |  | https://prefixinc.com/ |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capital Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-factory) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Central Texas Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/central-texas-angel-network) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Moonshots Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moonshots-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Afore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afore-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brooklyn Bridge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooklyn-bridge-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does James Finnigan invest in?

James Finnigan invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact James Finnigan?

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### When did James Finnigan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Finnigan closed in Mar 2019. Shizune tracks 8 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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