# Jim Eberlin

> Jim Eberlin is a seed investor at Xactly (St Louis) backing Big Data and Analytics. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Xactly](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xactly-corp)
- Location: St Louis, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2018
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeberlin
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jeberlin
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jim.eberlin

Jim Eberlin is a seed investor at Xactly in St Louis focused on Big Data and Analytics. Jim Eberlin founded Gainsight by discovering a new opportunity to ensure customers were adopting products as well as using them to their fullest potential.He discovered this, in part, due to the recurring revenue model of his previous company that he founded, Host Analytics. At Host Analytics, Jim and co-founder, Sreedhar Peddineni built a leadingSaaS corporate performance management company. Prior to Host Analytics, Jim was co-founder and CEO of Tapestry Computing FAS, a top 20 Oracle consulting firm specializing in financial analytics and ERP software implementations. Jim led Tapestry to a successful acquisition by Braun Consulting/Fair Isaac. Jim’s companies have been published in books such as Renting Business Applications, by Mary Lacity and Getting Partnering Right, by Neil Racham, author of Spin Selling.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $700k–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 2 | 50% |
| Analytics | 2 | 50% |
| CRM | 1 | 25% |
| News | 1 | 25% |
| Legal | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TopOPPS | TopOPPS delivers clarity, efficiency and predictability to the sales forecast, sales pipeline, and sales process, resulting in more wins and faster sales cycles. Sales executives are provided a dynamic forecast showing which deals are real and how to fill gaps to meet the budgeted sales number. Sales representatives are coached and aligned onsales process. TopOPPS predictive analytics transforms sales pipeline confusion into Sales Pipeline Reality. | $1.5M |  | May 24, 2018 |  |
| TopOPPS | TopOPPS delivers clarity, efficiency and predictability to the sales forecast, sales pipeline, and sales process, resulting in more wins and faster sales cycles. Sales executives are provided a dynamic forecast showing which deals are real and how to fill gaps to meet the budgeted sales number. Sales representatives are coached and aligned onsales process. TopOPPS predictive analytics transforms sales pipeline confusion into Sales Pipeline Reality. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 08, 2015 |  |
| Juristat | Juristat transforms public patent data into actionable analytics to help firms and in-house counsel optimize patent prosecution strategies.Our Examiner Report analyzes past behaviors of all USPTO patent examiners to predict their future behavior. Using our reports, counsel can increase allowance rates, decrease time to allowance, and reducecosts by avoiding unnecessary and statistically inefficient and ineffective strategies, particularly when determining how to best respond to an adverse office action.We can filter results by individual examiners, art units, assignees, application types, and claims. Furthermore, we can show changes in behavior over time.Our continually growing database includes complete image file wrappers for over 5.5 million patent applications, as well as 99% of all active art units (over 900 in total) and active examiners (over 8,000 in total). | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 05, 2015 |  |
| TopOPPS | TopOPPS delivers clarity, efficiency and predictability to the sales forecast, sales pipeline, and sales process, resulting in more wins and faster sales cycles. Sales executives are provided a dynamic forecast showing which deals are real and how to fill gaps to meet the budgeted sales number. Sales representatives are coached and aligned onsales process. TopOPPS predictive analytics transforms sales pipeline confusion into Sales Pipeline Reality. | $700K | Seed | Mar 17, 2014 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cultivation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultivation-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Xactly

VC Fund · San Jose, United States

Xactly is a leading global provider of enterprise cloud-based Sales Performance Management solutions for planning and incenting sales organizations, including sales quota and territory planning, incentive compensation management, and predictive analytics. Xactly Incent Suite drives sales behaviors to align with company objectives, increasingemployee trust and loyalty with error-free commission payments and on-demand visibility, improving operational efficiencies and productivity.

5 contacts available at Xactly.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Eberlin | General manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-eberlin |
| Christopher Cabrera | Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-w-cabrera |
| David Schwartz | Enterprise Account Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-schwartz-2 |
| Elizabeth Salomon | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-salomon |
| Lara Druyan | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lara-druyan |

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## FAQ

### What does Jim Eberlin invest in?

Jim Eberlin invests primarily in Big Data, Analytics and CRM startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round 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.

### What is Jim Eberlin's check size?

Jim Eberlin typically joins rounds of $700k–$1.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jim Eberlin participates in.

### When did Jim Eberlin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jim Eberlin closed in May 2018. 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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