# James McDowall

> James McDowall is a pre-seed investor at Arcanum Capital backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Arcanum Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arcanum-capital)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-mcdowall

James McDowall is a pre-seed investor at Arcanum Capital focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. James McDowall is the Founding Partner of Arcanum Capital. He previously worked at the Swiss Impact Investment Association as an Advisor. James McDowall attended the University of Birmingham.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 50% |
| Music | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Komet | Komet is a fintech company offering digital wallet for secure NFT transactions for users to access, mint, and trade NFTs and collectibles. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Nov 04, 2022 |  |
| Vurse | Vurse is an interactive short video platform, a destination for users to showcase, consume and engage with talent, ideas and culture from anyone, anywhere. Vurse’s unique suite of AI-powered editing tools empowers content creators to unleash their creative confidence, and using state of the art Blockchain technology to bring transparency into dayto day entertainment. Their mission is to showcase the world’s spontaneous talent, creativity and passion anytime, anywhere - all through a simple tap and hold. All in one. All in Vurse. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2022 |  |
| Kandola | Kandola is a decentralized Chip-to-Cloud IoT Protocol that democratizes loT device manufacturing and solution development by decoupling the dependency on the loT platform. Kandola's features are secure and scalable. It secures hardware sending data to secure decentralized cloud. | $450K | Pre-Seed | Apr 04, 2022 |  |
| Lum Network | Lum Network delivers the first decentralized system for businesses to establish genuine customer trust. | $4M | Initial Coin Offering | Dec 14, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpha Wave Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-wave-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dragon Roark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dragon-roark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alpha Wave Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falcon-edge-capital-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [High Naut Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-naut-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ki Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ki-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Arcanum Capital

VC Fund · Dover, United States

Arcanum Capital invests in early-stage companies at the intersection of fintech, blockchain, and AI.

4 contacts available at Arcanum Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James McDowall | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-mcdowall |
| Karthik Bupathi | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karthik-bupathi |
| Caleb August | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caleb-august |
| Luchang Zheng | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luchang-zheng |

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## FAQ

### What does James McDowall invest in?

James McDowall invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Music startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Initial Coin Offering stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James McDowall last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James McDowall closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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