# James Tieng

> James Tieng is a Series B investor at Lumos Capital Group (New York) backing Education and EdTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lumos Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lumos-capital-group)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamestieng
- Website: https://x.com/JamesTieng

James Tieng is a Series B investor at Lumos Capital Group in New York focused on Education and EdTech. James Tieng is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lumos Capital Group. He is also a Board Member at OnlineMedEd and Ironhack. James Tieng attended Princeton University and Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 2 | 100% |
| EdTech | 1 | 50% |
| UX Design | 1 | 50% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OnlineMedEd | OnlineMedEd is a clinical learning platform for a broad spectrum of healthcare learners to gain the knowledge needed for Board exams and clinical practice. In addition to being used by individual med students, the suite of products is institutionally used by over 50 universities nationally, and many more around the world. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 06, 2021 |  |
| Ironhack | Ironhack is a global school offering full time and part time courses in Web Development and UX/UI design. Ironhack was ranked as the #2 student-rated coding and design bootcamp in the world by national rating site Switch Up. Since 2013, with campuses in Miami, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Mexico City & Berlin, Ironhack has graduated over5,000+ students who are building their careers at global companies like Google, Visa, and Twitter.Ironhack was founded by Gonzalo Manrique and Ariel Quinones and is headquartered in Miami. | $20M | Series B | Jan 19, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brighteye Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brighteye-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Creas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creas-b9fd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fundacion Creas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundacion-creas) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lumos Capital Group

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Lumos Capital Group is an investment firm that invests in the industry of investment in human capital. The firm focused on the human capital development sector globally. Human capital is all of the knowledge, talent, skills, values, and judgment that they possess. They focus specifically on high growth private companies developing innovativetechnologies and platforms in education technology, knowledge services, and human capital development.Lumos Capital Group's mission is to be the leading partner for entrepreneurs building transformational companies that defining the future of human capital. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA.

2 contacts available at Lumos Capital Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Tieng | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-tieng |
| Victor Hu | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/victor-hu-b6b7 |

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## FAQ

### What does James Tieng invest in?

James Tieng invests primarily in Education, EdTech and UX Design startups, most often at Series B and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James Tieng last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Tieng closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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