# Jim Curry

> Jim Curry is a Series A investor at Rackspace (Austin) backing EdTech and FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rackspace](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rackspace)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimncurry/
- Website: http://www.buildgroup.com/

Jim Curry is a Series A investor at Rackspace in Austin focused on EdTech and FinTech. Jim has spent more than 20 years as a product, strategy and corporate development executive for companies ranging from small startups to large, global companies. All along the way Jim has focused on how to build great products and services that customers love. He is motivated by the opportunity to work with teams who want to leave a significantimpact on their industry and the world.Jim currently is a Co-Founder at BuildGroup, a company that selectively invests in leadership teams with staying power. BuildGroup backs founders who are ambitious enough to want to make a dent in the universe and humble enough to realize they can’t do it alone. By providing permanent capital from aligned investors and avoiding forced exits, BuildGroup frees entrepreneurs to focus on serving customers instead of raising the next round. The company believes that great businesses are built, not bought, and that’s why the team works side-by-side with founders to create conditions for long-term growth. BuildGroup was founded in Austin, Texas by a team of proven builders who love nothing more than helping build and grow extraordinary companies.Jim is currently on the boards of Generation Serve and the University of Texas School for Undergraduate Studies. He is a graduate of UT Austin and the Harvard Business School. Jim lives in Austin with his wife, Laurie, and their three kids.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Training | 1 | 25% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cybrary | Cybrary is the fastest growing, fastest-moving catalog in the industry. By working with an elite community of instructors, experts, and thought leaders, as well as cutting edge hands-on learning providers, we deliver relevant and high-quality content that is accessible anytime, anywhere. Cyber security and IT companies on Cybrary can play a role inthe learning by contributing courses and content. Companies can also use their presence to recruit talent. Finally, companies looking to train their employees can use Cybrary's "Teams" product, to manage the training that their employees are taking on the platform. The product also provides hands-on CTF style challenges, practical labs and skill assessments. | $25M | Series C | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| Gembah | Gembah provides consumer services intended to empower businesses and product innovation. The company democratizes and demystifies the product creation process by helping entrepreneurs, e-Commerce sellers, and small-to-midsize businesses research, design, and manufacture products. Its services allow managing supply chain with a local team to developa new product with a specification, factory sourcing, quotes, prototypes, negotiation right through to monitoring production.Gembah was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $11M | Series A | Jul 12, 2021 |  |
| Flowspace | Flowspace is the fastest and easiest way to store, manage and fulfill your inventory from over 1000 certified warehouses and fulfillment centers.Whether its 2-day shipping to your customer’s door, or managing replenishments for your retail store, only Flowspace has the technology, expertise, and scale to help you accelerate your growth andstreamline omnichannel fulfillment needs. | $31M | Series B | Mar 15, 2021 |  |
| DigniFi | DigniFi is a software company that offers the highest quality financial solutions for automotive service centers and their customers. The company also provides a fintech marketplace that connects consumers with lenders to help finance large repair costs. It connects consumers with lenders for car repairs, tires, accessories, and other auto-relatedneeds.DigniFi's platform partners with auto service centers to offer access to financial products for car repairs, tires, accessories, and other automotive needs. The company plans to deploy the funding to automate loan applications, invest in machine-learning automation, and increase its network. DigniFI was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA, United States. | $14M | Series A | Jun 30, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1984 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1984-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ATX Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atx-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canvas Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canvas-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [eGateway Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/egateway-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-seeds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EXOR N.V.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-s-p-a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Rackspace

VC Fund · San Antonio, United States

Rackspace provides hybrid cloud-based services that enable businesses to run their workload in a public or private cloud.Rackspace’s engineers deliver specialized expertise on top of leading technologies developed by OpenStack, Microsoft, VMware, and others through a service known as Fanatical Support. It has more than 300,000 customers worldwideincluding two-thirds of FORTUNE 100 companies.Rackspace was named a leader in the 2015 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting and has been honored as one of Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For.Rackspace was founded in 1998 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.

5 contacts available at Rackspace.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Curry | Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-curry |
| Alex Pinchev | EVP & President - Global Sales & Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-pinchev |
| Chris Wetzel | Director of Product Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-wetzel-d643 |
| Dirk Elmendorf | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dirk-elmendorf |
| Henry Villegas | VMware Solutions Architect | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henry-villegas |

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## FAQ

### What does Jim Curry invest in?

Jim Curry invests primarily in EdTech, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jim Curry last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jim Curry closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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