James Mitchell
Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Executive Vice President @ Tencent
Shenzhen, China
James Mitchell is a post-ipo equity investor at Tencent in Shenzhen focused on Finance and Fashion. James Gordon Mitchell is based out of Shenzhen, Guangdong and is the Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent. James previously worked at Goldman Sachs as a Managing Director. James Gordon Mitchell attended the University of Oxford.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries James Mitchell invests in
Stages James Mitchell invests in
Countries James Mitchell invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Finance 2 (67%)
- Fashion 1 (33%)
- FinTech 1 (33%)
- Shopping 1 (33%)
- Insurance 1 (33%)
Stage
- Post-IPO Equity 2 (67%)
- Series A 1 (33%)
Country
- Australia 1 (33%)
- Switzerland 1 (33%)
- United Kingdom 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Global Blue
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Global Blue is a tourism shopping tax refund company. It is widely known for its tax-free shopping networks that help customers save up to 19% on all purchases made abroad at any of Global Blue’s 270,000 shopping partners. Global Blue also helps travelers find the their favorite local and international brands. It also operates in dynamiccurrency conversion, marketing services, point-of-sale technology, retail staff education, and customer intelligence. Alf Näslund founded Sweden Tax Free Shopping that pioneered the concept of tax-free shopping in 1980 and gave rise to Global Blue, with its headquarters in Nyon in Switzerland. Gloabl Blue now operates in 51 countries worldwide. | $50M / Post-IPO Equity / Nov 16, 2023 | |
Afterpay
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Afterpay Limited has transformed the way people pay by giving merchants the ability to allow shoppers to receive products immediately and pay in four simple installments over a short period of time. The service is completely free for customers who pay on time - helping consumers spend money responsibly without incurring interest, fees or revolvingand extended debt. As of May 2020, Afterpay is offered by more than 50,000 of the world's best retailers and is used by more than 9 million active customers globally. | $248.7M / Post-IPO Equity / May 03, 2020 | |
Everledger
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Everledger is a global technology enterprise specializing in addressing real-world economic, environmental, and societal challenges through their solutions that create ecosystems of trust. It is an ecosystem of trust is where all stakeholders within a network, are able to collaborate through a trusted data protocol. This trust is created throughthe ability to transparently trace and manage assets throughout their lifetime journey, across different touchpoints within the ecosystem.The company's breakthrough solutions harness the latest in emerging technologies including smart contracts, machine vision, and IoT, together with their proven and scalable blockchain-enabled platform. They combine a rich forensic approach to identify and track asset provenance to provide confidence in the transparency driven across global supply chains. This brings disparate stakeholders together with the trust that has been built.Everledger is independently committed to deploying scalable solutions for its clients’ needs today while having the freedom to lead with breakthrough solutions that tackle the challenges they face. | $20M / Series A / Sep 24, 2019 |
Co-Investors
About Tencent
Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.
Tencent Contacts
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Hongwei Chen
Executive Director of Investment
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Iain Bruce
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors
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James Mitchell
Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
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Jonathan Mailoa
Principal Researcher
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Levin Yao
Managing Director, Tencent Investment
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FAQ
What does James Mitchell invest in?
James Mitchell invests primarily in Finance, Fashion and FinTech startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did James Mitchell last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for James Mitchell closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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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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