# James Haft

> James Haft is a seed investor at PALcapital (New York) backing CRM, Pet and iOS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PALcapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/palcapital)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jameshaft
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jfhaft
- Website: http://www.palcapital.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/james.haft

James Haft is a seed investor at PALcapital in New York focused on CRM and Pet. James Haft is based out of West New York, New Jersey, and is the Founder of PALcapital and Independent Board Director of BNB Plus Corp. James previously worked at Hyla Fund Management, LLC as a General Partner. James Haft attended the Emory University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CRM | 1 | 17% |
| Pet | 1 | 17% |
| iOS | 1 | 17% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| News | 1 | 17% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Angel | 2 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OrdinalsBot | OrdinalsBot is a blockchain platform that offers resources for token creations, inscriptions, and Bitcoin ecosystem. | $1M | Seed | Oct 09, 2023 |  |
| Oliver | Applying for a visa shouldn't be scary. Dowza is here to make the process as easy to understand as possible so applying for your visa can be a breeze.Oliver does not work, or is in any way, affiliated to the US government. As a private company, their goal is to help their customers file correct and complete visa applications. Please keepin mind that the US government is the only authorized entity in charge of accepting or rejecting your visa application. | $775K | Seed | Jun 01, 2016 |  |
| GoChime | GoChime allows brands to leverage their first-party data to run smarter and more unified advertising campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Google. Brands sync their ESP and CRM platforms to GoChime and can bridge the data that lives there to outside social advertising platforms. This approach allows brands to use several channelsto automatically move customers through a specified journey or conversion funnel, reach customers who do not open or otherwise engage in email marketing, and then easily create lookalike audiences of their best customers to find more great customers outside of their own lists. | $630K | Angel | Mar 01, 2014 |  |
| App.io | App.io streams your mobile apps from the cloud to any device.Nothing to download. Device agnostic. No custom code. The fastest, easiest way to give people access to your apps.- Customer SupportYour support team needs to see what your customers see. App.io provides on-demand, economical access to your apps without needing to buy devices.- Sales & MarketingStop asking potential customers to jump through hoops. App.io instantly puts potential customers in your app with no download, setup or hassle. Give them the full app experience or fast-forward right to the “aha moment”.- Testing & Quality AssuranceForget about device provisioning, version control or UDIDs. Regardless of platform, quickly and securely share apps with internal and external teams using App.io. | $1.1M | Seed | May 21, 2013 |  |
| Romotive | Romotive makes robotic platforms that harnesses the power of smartphone in order to deliver new functionalities quickly through mobile apps.Romo, our first product on the platform, is a robotic tank toy that users can customize (via hardware accessories), battle with friends, and control remotely via a live video feed. Romo is infinitelyprogrammable through an easy drag-and-drop interface as well as expandable through downloading new mobile apps that add new behaviors. | $1.5M | Convertible Note | Dec 10, 2011 |  |
| Klooff | Klooff is a sharing platform that allows people to capture their pets best moments through photo and video. Whether its a singing pug or a cat playing piano, people can submit, caption, and share through the eyes of their pet. A community-curated voting system surfaces up the best moments to the Daily Top 10 List. | $1M | Angel | Oct 13, 2011 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PALcapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/palcapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angsana Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angsana-investments-private-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bitcoin Frontier Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitcoin-frontier-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bleu Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bleu-capital-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullet-time-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PALcapital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Founded in 1995, Pacific Alliance Limited, LLC (“Pacific Alliance”) is a merchant bank providing advisory services to companies in the USA, China and Latin America seeking to create strategic opportunities, raise funds or create joint ventures. Its services include broad financial advisory, mergers & acquisitions advice, restructuringadvice, and private placements of debt and equity securities.Pacific Alliance is a merchant bank that focuses on US, Chinese and Latin American companies seeking to engage in cross border transactions. The firm advises companies seeking capital or strategic acquisitions to expand and consolidate their market position between these important markets.Pacific Alliance has a unique competitive advantage in its target markets. The principals of Pacific Alliance have been responsible for many significant transactions for Chinese companies in the international markets, including the first listing of a Chinese company on the New York Stock Exchange (Ek Chor China Motorcycle) and the first listing of a Chinese power company on the international markets (Hopewell Holdings). In Latin America, the company was responsible for the sale of the largest Spanish Language On-line Advertising Network to FOX Networks (Digital Ventures/FOX).In addition to the investment banking services, Pacific Alliance provides advisory services and seed investment to internet startup companies. Current Pacific Alliance serves on the advisory board to Nestio, Offtrackplanet and OnTrade. It has founded the [PALgensis] (http://www.palgenesis.com) as a seed investment fund to invest in early stage businesses. It also servies on the board of Nxtp.Labs, a latin-america based incubator.

1 contacts available at PALcapital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Haft | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-haft |

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## FAQ

### What does James Haft invest in?

James Haft invests primarily in CRM, Pet and iOS startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 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 Haft last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Haft closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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