# James Reinhart

> James Reinhart is a seed investor backing Retail and E-Commerce. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesgreinhart
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jamesreinhart
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.reinhart

James Reinhart is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Retail and E-Commerce. James is the Co-founder and CEO of thredUP. He attended Boston College, the University of Oxford, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Kennedy School.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.3M–$4.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 4 | 67% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 67% |
| Rental | 2 | 33% |
| Fashion | 2 | 33% |
| Sustainability | 2 | 33% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series D | 1 | 17% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rubi Laboratories | Rubi Laboratories develops biocatalyst solutions that manufacture carbon-negative textiles for the fashion industry. Its technology offers a natural resource for making things and directly synthesizes the threads that help clients produce viscose that is carbon-negative, water-chemical, land-neutral, traceable, and biodegradable. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 16, 2022 | https://www.rubilaboratories.com/ |
| Arrive | Arrive offers a premium service powering circular commerce for major brands and retailers. The technology and reverse logistics capabilities of The Arrive Platform enables brands and retailers in any industry to integrate circular commerce - including rental and resale - directly into an existing ecommerce experience. With this unique offering,Arrive makes it possible for any company to seamlessly launch a circular channel - ultimately reaching more consumers, driving more revenue, and promoting a sustainable solution. Arrive, first launched as Arrive Outdoors, is an award-winning company and has been named the 4th Most Innovative Travel Company by Fast Company in 2020 and awarded the 2019 Outdoor Retailer of the Year by the Outdoor Retailer Association. | $4.8M | Seed | Jul 23, 2020 | https://thearriveplatform.com/ |
| Arrive Recommerce | Arrive Recommerce is leading the resale market with a profitable, sustainable and scalable branded resale channel. Returns to Recommerce™ focuses on turning a cost center into a profit center by helping brands and retailers divert products such as non-new returns, excess inventory, and damaged inventory into a fully-branded revenue generatingresale channel. Arrive’s Recommence Management Technology, Recommerce Storefront Technology and Analytical Tools allow brands to drive more revenue, more customers and improve operational efficiency. Arrive collaborates with companies in adjacent verticals such as returns management, logistics, and ecommerce enablement to increase margin and value for our brands. Arrive was named the 4th Most Innovative Retail Company by Fast Company in 2022. Notable partners include brands like YETI and Burton Snowboards. | $4.8M | Seed | Jul 23, 2020 | https://thearriveplatform.com/ |
| Arrive Outdoors | Arrive Outdoors is an outdoor travel firm that connects with outdoor gear providers to rent out their gear on their website. | $4.8M | Seed | Jul 23, 2020 | https://arriveoutdoors.com |
| Returnity Innovations | Returnity replaces single-use shipping and delivery packaging by designing, manufacturing and implementing reusable packaging and circular logistics systems. They support Walmart, Rent the Runway, New Balance, Estee Lauder and others. The average Returnity bag or box is used for 20 shipments ( with a 95.5% return rate), and the company facilitates500K+ shipments a month. | $1.1M | Debt Financing | Nov 12, 2015 | https://www.returnity.co/ |
| ThredUp | thredUP is transforming resale with the mission to inspire a new generation of consumers to think secondhand first. By making it easy to buy and sell secondhand, thredUP has become one of the world's largest resale platforms for women's and kids' apparel, shoes and accessories. thredUP is extending the life cycle of clothing,changing the way consumers shop and ushering in a more sustainable future for the fashion industry. | $25M | Series D | Jul 29, 2014 | http://www.thredup.com |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpaca VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Freestyle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freestyle-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Science](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/science) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Narrative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/narrative-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Axial VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axial-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does James Reinhart invest in?

James Reinhart invests primarily in Retail, E-Commerce and Rental startups, most often at Seed and Series D stage. Most of the 6 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 Reinhart invest in?

James Reinhart typically joins rounds of $4.3M–$4.8M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not James Reinhart's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds James Reinhart took part in.

### How do I contact James Reinhart?

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### When did James Reinhart last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Reinhart closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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