# James Fitzgerald

> James Fitzgerald is a pre-seed investor at Valar Ventures backing Information Technology. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Valar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valar-ventures)
- Location: San Diego, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmyfitzgeraldpaddle/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Fitzgerald_JM

James Fitzgerald is a pre-seed investor at Valar Ventures in San Diego focused on Information Technology and SaaS. James Fitzgerald is the President and COO at Paddle. Attended Education Helsinki School of Economics, Singapore (2004).

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Freelance | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Interplay | interplayapp connects design tooling with development in a practical way unlike other tools, Interplay is built to integrate with existing design and dev workflows. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 07, 2022 | https://interplayapp.com |
| Kalo | Kalo launched in 2015, letting companies easily onboard, manage, talk with, and pay their external workers. Since then, a customers from internet to fashion -- including Google, Asos, IDEO and AirBnB -- have been able to throw away their tangle of spreadsheets and invoice emails, and work together with their freelancer and vendor teams in a clean,beautiful experience. | $13.1M | Series A | Mar 23, 2017 | http://www.kalohq.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Act Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Glynn Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glynn-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Goldcrest Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldcrest-capital-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kindred Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kindredcapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SciFi VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scifivc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Valar Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Valar partners with entrepreneurs globally and believes that an increasing number of transformative technology companies will be started outside of Silicon Valley, and that the founders of those companies will benefit from having a partner that understands their unique challenges andopportunities.

5 contacts available at Valar Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alison Berger | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alison-berger-a1ac |
| Andrew McCormack | Founding and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-mccormack |
| Elizabeth Klein | General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-klein |
| Erin Ashley Porterfield | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erin-ashley-porterfield |
| James Fitzgerald | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-fitzgerald |

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## FAQ

### What does James Fitzgerald invest in?

James Fitzgerald invests primarily in Information Technology, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact James Fitzgerald?

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### When did James Fitzgerald last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Fitzgerald closed in Feb 2022. 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?

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