# James Giancotti

> James Giancotti is a seed investor at Alluva (Hong Kong) backing Local and Mobile. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Alluva](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alluva)
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesgiancotti/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jamesgiancotti
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jgiancotti

James Giancotti is a seed investor at Alluva in Hong Kong focused on Local and Mobile. James Giancotti is the CEO and CIO of Bigcolors, a private company with a platform that invests in startups. He leads the strategy and sales and startup acquisitions functions. James is active in the Hong Kong startup eco-system and is well known in the Asia Pacific startup scene. James is a successful angel investor having  invested in a number ofstartups producing high returns. A law graduate and a former investment banker, James previously worked for Goldman Sachs covering complex financial research models for investment banks and internet and telecommunications company research and at JP Morgan, managing large business development projects.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Local | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Social | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Messaging | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Connect | Connect is a location-powered messaging app that brings together friends from your phone, Facebook, Instagram, Foursquare, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Share locations, make plans, and keep groups together on the go. See who lives in the city you’re visiting and get notified when friends post or check in nearby — on any network! | $10.3M | Series A | Dec 10, 2014 |  |
| Crux | Crux is a messaging app for college students. It lets you share, discover and organize what's happening right now on campus. It has a smart, channel-based group chat that makes it faster and easier to run an entire group in one place. It also offers a location-based feed of everything that’s happening on campus. We're based in Venice,CA and launched in January 2015. Our investors include Jason Calacanis, LAUNCH fund, Ryan Allis, Big Colors, and Patrick Gannon of Lending Club. We're also featured on the App Store.Download the app here: http://dl.crux.la/m/XFtbNympZl | $480K | Seed | Dec 03, 2014 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bull City Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bull-city-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fosun RZ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fosun-rz-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NewDo Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newdo-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Alluva

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Alluva.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Giancotti | Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-giancotti |

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## FAQ

### What does James Giancotti invest in?

James Giancotti invests primarily in Local, Mobile and Social startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 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 Giancotti last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Giancotti closed in Dec 2014. 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?

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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