James Park
Angel Investor @ Brinc
San Francisco, United States
James Park is a seed investor at Brinc in San Francisco focused on Internet and E-Commerce. James is our Co-founder and has served as our Chairman since May 2015, as a member of our board of directors since March 2007, and as our President and CEO since September 2007. Previously, James served as a Director of Product Development at CNET Networks, as the President and a Co-founder of Wind-Up Labs, Inc. (an online photo-sharing companyacquired by CNET Networks in April 2005). He was also CTO and Co-Founder of Epesi Technologies, Inc., a software company. James attended Harvard College where he studied Computer Science. He was selected to serve as a member of our board of directors due to the perspective and experience he brings as our Co-Founder, President, and CEO.
- Total investments:
- 28
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries James Park invests in
Stages James Park invests in
Countries James Park invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$9M
- Pre-Seed
- $935k–$2M
- Series A
- $3.7M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 5 (18%)
- E-Commerce 5 (18%)
- FinTech 3 (11%)
- Marketplace 3 (11%)
- Food and Beverage 3 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 18 (64%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (18%)
- Series A 2 (7%)
- Funding Round 1 (4%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 14 (50%)
- United Kingdom 2 (7%)
- Chile 1 (4%)
- India 1 (4%)
- Mexico 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| FRNZY is an online marketplace that makes auctions and group buying a more social, relevant and rewarding experience for everyone. | Pre-Seed / May 13, 2024 | ||
| AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing. | Pre-Seed / May 13, 2024 | ||
| Curacel is an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management. Curacel automates the insurance claims process, allowing staff to process claims volumes quickly and efficiently, and automatically vets claims to detect fraud, waste and abuse. Curacel was established in 2019 by Henry Mascot in Ikoyi, Lagos. | $3M / Seed / Feb 14, 2023 | ||
| HoyTrabajas is an HR-Tech solution designed to assist companies in Latin America facing high turnover rates in swiftly attracting and retaining low-skilled talent within a timeframe of fewer than 48 hours. | $5M / Seed / Oct 13, 2022 | ||
| Positive Food is a food company. | $7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 12, 2022 | ||
| The Indian restaurant industry has already adopted technology to adapt to the growing demands and match the expectations of today's customers but the absence of a full-stack cloud-based software is extremely frustrating to business owners today. The existing systems lack modularity, lack the ability to integrate with services, and hencearen't plug and play. Also, Restaurants are extremely frustrated with all the 5-6 independent systems that don't talk to each other. We are solving these problems by building a full-stack solution for the 30 million+ restaurants in India, by solves order management, operations management, online delivery, payment processing, reports & analytics, and guest identification and re-engagement all using one system - Explorex. | $5M / Seed / May 20, 2022 | ||
| Creizer is a company with the aim of supporting the MSMEs of entrepreneurs who use online platforms to sell their products or services. It is an empowered entrepreneur who sells online. | Seed / Apr 13, 2022 | ||
| Creizer is a company with the aim of supporting the MSMEs of entrepreneurs who use online platforms to sell their products or services. It is an empowered entrepreneur who sells online. | Pre-Seed / Mar 29, 2022 | ||
| Emobi is the leading EV charging ecosystem that delivers a single point of integration. The company’s products offer instant access to a vast network of charging stations and e-mobility partners through its advanced AI and data refinement models. As the largest roaming ecosystem in North America, Emobi enables Plug & Charge technology,facilitating automatic charging identification between EVs and chargers. | $935K / Pre-Seed / Mar 29, 2022 | ||
| Legends of Learning is an e-learning platform focused on game-based learning to advance education. The company helps educators make their classrooms fun, engaging, and productive learning environments through research-driven, curriculum-based games.Legends of Learning uses ongoing original research to create an learning games platform filled withlessons for stronger subject mastery and classroom engagement. | $5M / Seed / Mar 02, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Brinc
Headquartered in Hong Kong, Brinc is a leader in global venture acceleration and operates 15 multidisciplinary accelerator programs across seven countries. Brinc accelerates startups focused on blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, connected hardware, robotics, climate tech, clean energy, food technology, and Internet of Things (IoT) witha view to creating a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive future. Brinc also supports corporations with distributed innovation strategies, sourcing of new startups and technologies, as well as venture-building Web3-enabled businesses. Global corporations (Manulife, Huawei, Schneider Electric, Puma, Batelco, Merck, Omantel, Linrun Group, Zhihui Park), government organizations (Hong Kong Science Park, NEOM, MBRIF, Guangdong Soft-tech Park), tertiary institutions (HK City University, National University of Singapore), fast-growing companies (Animoca Brands, DayDayCook), and leading venture funds (Artesian, LeverVC, Tamkeen, EDB) have all run programs with Brinc. In 2021, Brinc announced a series of venture funds to invest in high-potential early-stage companies through accelerators and provide LPs with a dedicated innovation platform and access to Series A+ co-investment opportunities.
Brinc Contacts
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Heriberto Saldivar Massimi
Managing Director
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Agnieszka Poznańska
Mentor
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Bashar Aboudaoud
Co-Founder and CSO
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Bay McLaughlin
Co-Founder
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Dhinesh Pandian
incubated Team X
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FAQ
What does James Park invest in?
James Park invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does James Park invest in?
James Park typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$9M at Seed, $935k–$2M at Pre-Seed and $3.7M–$100M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not James Park's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds James Park took part in.
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When did James Park last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for James Park closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 28 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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