# James Mark Mitchell

> James Mark Mitchell is a seed investor at Red Thread Ventures (Edmonton) backing Water and Energy. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Red Thread Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-thread-ventures)
- Location: Edmonton, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mitchell1992/
- Website: https://networthplanet.com/

James Mark Mitchell is a seed investor at Red Thread Ventures in Edmonton focused on Water and Energy. I was born and raised in the beautiful city of London, England. I've lived here for most of my life. I've never felt the need to leave this awesome city. I've always loved exploring the city, its landmarks and it's hidden gems.  It's also home to one of my favorite football clubs, Arsenal FC.  I played football for most ofmy life. I played for local clubs throughout my teens, then for a league team in Bracknell, UK. later on I joined the newly formed Basingstoke Town FC.  My football career

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water | 1 | 50% |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Medical | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Rehabilitation | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ManagingLife | ManagingLife's industry-leading digital health solution, Manage My Pain, helps patients and doctors better measure, monitor, and manage pain. Manage My Pain is a digital pain treatment companion with clinical validation and has one of the largest datasets that includes over 5M patient-reported pain outcomes from over 125,000 users from 130countries. Built into Manage My Pain is Solace, a first-of-its-kind AI companion that delivers real-time, evidence-based pain psychology support - which showed significant improvements in people who interacted with it for just 30 minutes.Manage My Pain is the leading pain app on the market, and has been licensed by hospitals and insurers across North America. Manage My Pain improves patient outcomes, reduces medical spend, and shortens disability claims. | $1.3M |  | Feb 09, 2022 |  |
| RainStick | The RainStick shower is a recirculating shower that saves 80% energy and 80% water but still feels like a luxurious shower. | $559.1K | Seed | Aug 12, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AARP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aarp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Center of Aging and Brain Health Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/center-of-aging-and-brain-health-innovation-cabhi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HealthTech Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/healthtech-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Leva Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leva-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ontario Brain Institute](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ontario-brain-institute) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scalegood-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Red Thread Ventures

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Red Thread Ventures (RTV) is a global investment and advisory firm. We form long term partnerships with early stage companies led by incredible management teams across a variety of industries. Besides capital, Red Thread adds value by leveraging an extensive CFO and capital markets executive network to aid ventures as they scale from idea toPre-IPO and beyond. Red Thread Ventures currently manages two investment funds, a VCC (Venture Capital Corporation) fund focused on pre-seed/seed stage opportunities in British Columbia and a "Global Fund" for follow-on investments and opportunities across different geographies and asset classes.

5 contacts available at Red Thread Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Mark Mitchell | Principal & Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-mark-mitchell |
| Carmen Chuong | Summer Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carmen-chuong |
| Connie Ekelund | Network Partner - Management Consultant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connie-ekelund |
| Emma Hodgins | Summer Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-hodgins |
| Marco Donadeo | Operations Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marco-donadeo |

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## FAQ

### What does James Mark Mitchell invest in?

James Mark Mitchell invests primarily in Water, Energy and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James Mark Mitchell last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Mark Mitchell 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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