Jim Andelman
Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Bonfire Ventures
Santa Barbara, United States
Jim Andelman is a seed investor at Bonfire Ventures in Santa Barbara focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Jim is co-founder and Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners. In this capacity, he is responsible for driving the firms' investment activities, as well as the firm’s operations. Jim is in his sixteenth year as a VC.Previously, Jim led software investing at Broadview Capital Partners, a $250 million expansion-stageventure capital firm based in the Bay Area. Before BCP, Jim was a member of the Technology Investment Banking Group at Alex. Brown & Sons (and its successor, Deutsche Bank Securities). There, he concentrated on equity private placements and initial public offerings for software companies. Jim began his career with Symmetrix, a boutique management consulting firm founded by a Bain & Co. founder, which helped to create strategic advantage through the application of technology. At Symmetrix, Jim specialized in strategy formulation and economic modeling.Jim received his MBA with highest distinction (first in his class) from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, and his BS in Economics (magna cum laude) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.Jim serves on the Boards of Directors of Campus Explorer, Conversion Logic, Keen IO, Mobcrush, Rentlytics, Rainforest QA, Steelhouse, TaxJar and Tradesy. He previously served on the Boards of Cadforce (acquired by Neilsoft), Packet Island (acquired by BroadSoft), Burstly (acquired by Apple), DataPop (acquired by Criteo), and Shift (acquired by Brand Networks). In addition, he serves on the Boards of Directors of Friends of Yosemite Search and Rescue and the Los Angeles Venture Association, on the Advisory Board of the Douglas Family Preserve.
- Total investments:
- 67
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 45%
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Industries Jim Andelman invests in
Stages Jim Andelman invests in
Countries Jim Andelman invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 17 (25%)
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (15%)
- SaaS 9 (13%)
- Information Technology 8 (12%)
- Analytics 7 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 27 (40%)
- Series A 20 (30%)
- Series B 9 (13%)
- Series C 3 (4%)
- Funding Round 2 (3%)
Country
- United States 36 (54%)
- Denmark 1 (1%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Juno offers automation for modern tax firms, focusing on research, preparation, review, and advisory services. The software includes structured tax review features that ensure consistent checks and enhance quality control in tax preparation processes. | $12M / Seed / Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| Risotto uses artificial intelligence to resolve IT help inquiries automatically. | $10M / Seed / Jan 27, 2026 | ||
| Alvys is a cloud-based transportation management system with high-tech automation. Specializing in workflow efficiency for small to mid-size carriers. Alvys stands out by saving carriers and freight brokers more time per load than any other TMS! Save up to 30 minutes per load, organize your operations in one place, scale with ease and integrateall your favorite tools. The proof is in the workflows and here's a sneak peek of our popular features:• Driver App • Tracking & Tracing • Source for Truck Capacity • End-to-End Visibility • One Click Accounting • Analytics & Reporting • Safety & Maintenance • Integrations • Benefits for BrokersTRY US FOR FREE! www.alvys.com | $40M / Series B / Sep 29, 2025 | ||
| Bonsai Health is an AI-led healthcare firm that helps in reducing the workloads of staffs and provide better patient outcome. | $7M / Seed / Sep 25, 2025 | ||
| Topline Pro delivers an AI-powered platform for home service professionals that autonomously manages marketing, sales, and operations. It offers features such as website creation, social media content, reviews, advertising, quote generation, scheduling, invoicing, and photo and customer management. The platform operates three intelligent agents, AIMarketing, AI Sales, and AI Operations, that handle web presence, lead engagement, and workflows without requiring manual intervention. Topline Pro’s approach has allowed the company to grow quickly and efficiently, supporting thousands of businesses while maintaining strong connections with the people behind them. | $27M / Series B / Aug 14, 2025 | ||
| The only cyber insurance and security solution designed to give businesses digital peace of mind – all in a few clicks, no tech expertise needed. | $9.9M / Seed / Apr 17, 2025 | ||
| Alvys is a cloud-based transportation management system with high-tech automation. Specializing in workflow efficiency for small to mid-size carriers. Alvys stands out by saving carriers and freight brokers more time per load than any other TMS! Save up to 30 minutes per load, organize your operations in one place, scale with ease and integrateall your favorite tools. The proof is in the workflows and here's a sneak peek of our popular features:• Driver App • Tracking & Tracing • Source for Truck Capacity • End-to-End Visibility • One Click Accounting • Analytics & Reporting • Safety & Maintenance • Integrations • Benefits for BrokersTRY US FOR FREE! www.alvys.com | $25.8M / Series A / Jul 15, 2024 | ||
| Elevating People leaders to deliver the employee moments that matter most.The challenge people leaders face is that the employee experience design process resides across distributed teams, disparate HR systems, and in many cases, spreadsheets & powerpoints. Once people programs are launched, there’s an initial buzz, then they get swept underthe rug in sixty days and it’s onto the next burning need.Creating & executing best-in-class people programs to treat employees like internal customers is extremely manual and time-consuming—they include many moving parts such as goals, branding, content, communications, timeline, rewards, and ROI. In the hybrid workplace, there’s no effective way to manage this.We’re here to change that—our goal is to elevate the role of people leaders everywhere and help them to sustain their people program utilization over time. We’re empowering them to showcase the impact of the people org to their leadership team & board while helping them to get executive buy-in and unlock more budget internally to experiment & run innovative people programs. | $10M / Series A / May 08, 2024 | ||
| Duro provides cloud-based SaaS software to help hardware companies manage the design and manufacturing of their custom hardware products. Duro’s workflow management solution is as simple to use as a spreadsheet, but integrates automated data entry and validation to enforce hardware product development best practices. | $7.5M / Seed / Apr 24, 2024 | ||
| Topline Pro delivers an AI-powered platform for home service professionals that autonomously manages marketing, sales, and operations. It offers features such as website creation, social media content, reviews, advertising, quote generation, scheduling, invoicing, and photo and customer management. The platform operates three intelligent agents, AIMarketing, AI Sales, and AI Operations, that handle web presence, lead engagement, and workflows without requiring manual intervention. Topline Pro’s approach has allowed the company to grow quickly and efficiently, supporting thousands of businesses while maintaining strong connections with the people behind them. | $12M / Series A / Jul 31, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Bonfire Ventures
Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for business software solutions company founders transforming the industries they target.
Bonfire Ventures Contacts
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Brett Queener
Partner & Managing Director
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Brian MacInnes
CFO
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Debra Goldstein
Head of Marketing & Platform
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Dominique Yadegar
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Jennifer Richard
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What does Jim Andelman invest in?
Jim Andelman invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 67 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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