# James Park

> James Park is a seed investor at Fitbit (San Francisco) backing Internet and E-Commerce. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fitbit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fitbit)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-park/0/821/765
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/parkjames
- Website: http://www.fitbit.com/company

James Park is a seed investor at Fitbit 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.6M–$9M |
| Pre-Seed | $935k–$2M |
| Series A | $3.7M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 5 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 18% |
| FinTech | 3 | 11% |
| Marketplace | 3 | 11% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 11% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 64% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 18% |
| Series A | 2 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 4% |
| Mexico | 1 | 4% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FRNZY | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 Co. | Positive Food is a food company. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 12, 2022 |  |
| Explorex Technologies, Inc. | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [Rebel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebel-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Asymmetry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asymmetry-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Fitbit

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Fitbit inspires people to exercise more, eat better and live healthier lifestyles. The company is developing an ultra-compact wireless wearable sensor, called the Fitbit Tracker, that automatically tracks data about a person's activities, such as calories burned, sleep quality, steps and distance.The Fitbit Tracker collects activity dataautomatically while it is worn by the user all day. The collected data is wirelessly uploaded to a website where the wearer can see their data and track their progress toward personal goals. The website provides a motivational interface where users can share their progress, compare themselves against similar people and work toward virtual goals with their friends, family and co-workers. At the website, users can also manually log nutrition, weight and other health information in order to gain a complete picture of their health.Fitbit makes it easy to achieve a healthy lifestyle by automating the collection of health data and providing a motivating and entertaining user interface.

5 contacts available at Fitbit.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alok Shankar | Country General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alok-shankar |
| Eric Friedman | Co-Founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-friedman-2 |
| James Park | CEO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-park |
| Shelten Yuen | VP Research | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shelten-yuen |
| Ajay Chopra | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-chopra |

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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 is James Park's check size?

James Park typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$9M at Seed, $935k–$2M at Pre-Seed and $3.7M–$100M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds James Park participates in.

### 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.

### 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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