# James Lu Morrissey

> James Lu Morrissey is a seed investor at Umami Capital backing Software. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Umami Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/umami-capital)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslmorrissey/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jameslmorrissey
- AngelList: https://angel.co/s/james-lu-morrissey/pzvRR

James Lu Morrissey is a seed investor at Umami Capital in Boston focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Managing Partner at Umami Capital.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 40% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 20% |
| Travel | 2 | 13% |
| Leisure | 2 | 13% |
| Apps | 1 | 7% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giftpack | Giftpack's AI-powered solution simplifies the corporate gifting process and amplifies the impact of personalized gifts. We're crafting memorable touchpoints by sending personalized gifts selected out of a curated pool of 3 million options with just one click. Our AI technology efficiently analyzes each recipient's social media,cultural background, and digital footprint to customize gift options at scale. We take care of generating, ordering, and shipping gifts worldwide. We're transforming the way people build authentic business relationships by sending smarter gifts faster with gifting CRM. | $4.3M | Seed | Sep 21, 2023 | https://giftpack.ai |
| Readyly | Readyly is an agentic AI platform that helps governments and regulated organizations automate citizen and customer service across digital and voice channels. The platform deploys AI agents that can answer questions, guide users through complex processes, and execute workflows such as case intake, status updates, and service requests.Readylyintegrates with existing government and enterprise systems, including CRM, permitting, records, and communications platforms, allowing organizations to modernize service delivery without replacing their underlying infrastructure. The platform supports multilingual and accessible interactions, enabling governments and organizations to serve diverse populations at scale.Readyly is used by public sector organizations and regulated enterprises in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe, and is designed to meet the security, compliance, and reliability requirements of government environments. | $500K | Pre-Seed | May 20, 2022 | https://www.readyly.com |
| Passero | Levantr is a smart travel planner used by organized travelers to create itineraries. Jennifer Hong founded the company in New York, New York in 2020. |  |  | Mar 01, 2022 | https://levantr.com/ |
| Passero | Passero is a collaborative and visual itinerary planner (like Pinterest + Trello) where you can brainstorm & organize your ideas in one place, make decisions as a group with our custom-designed surveys, and create your own itinerary. Make every trip a story worth sharing. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2022 | https://travelpassero.com/ |
| My Wellbeing | My Wellbeing offers to connect therapy-seekers with quality therapists fit for their needs. They offer to improve the therapist-finding process by fostering trust between individuals and therapists. They assist in locating the care that paints require. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 27, 2022 | https://mywellbeing.com/ |
| Classavo | Classavo is a student's performance analytics platform. The company provides an online e-textbook platform that enables teachers to analyze students' interaction behaviors and learning patterns via a centrally accessible interactive portal. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 18, 2022 | https://www.classavo.com/ |
| ProdPerfect | ProdPerfect is a platform that uses live traffic to automatically build, run, and maintain QA testing for web applications. | $4.8M | Convertible Note | Nov 15, 2021 | https://prodperfect.com/ |
| Giftpack | Giftpack's AI-powered solution simplifies the corporate gifting process and amplifies the impact of personalized gifts. We're crafting memorable touchpoints by sending personalized gifts selected out of a curated pool of 3 million options with just one click. Our AI technology efficiently analyzes each recipient's social media,cultural background, and digital footprint to customize gift options at scale. We take care of generating, ordering, and shipping gifts worldwide. We're transforming the way people build authentic business relationships by sending smarter gifts faster with gifting CRM. |  | Seed | Nov 02, 2021 | https://giftpack.ai |
| Manufactured | Manufactured is a product sourcing platform that provides access for entrepreneurs to manufacturing companies to find the perfect product and help build and operate digital manufacturing supply chains. | $3M | Seed | Oct 30, 2021 | https://www.manufactured.com/ |
| Freeflow | Freeflow is voice-first communication platform for distributed teams. It recreates the spontaneous interactions of an in-person environment, through highly visible audio rooms. Employees can see all the conversations happening in their company and join with one click. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 03, 2021 | https://www.freeflow.chat/ |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accelerating Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerating-asia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acrew Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acrew-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Outlander VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/outlander-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10X Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Umami Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Learn more here: umamicap.com Apply to join here: https://angel.co/s/umami-capital/pzvRR

2 contacts available at Umami Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Lu Morrissey | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-morrissey-2 |
| Alice Shen | Venture Ops | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alice-shen-da3f |

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## FAQ

### What does James Lu Morrissey invest in?

James Lu Morrissey invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact James Lu Morrissey?

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### When did James Lu Morrissey last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Lu Morrissey closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 15 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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