# Jim Larrison

> Jim Larrison is a angel investor backing Information Technology and Film. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Scottsdale, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlarrison
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jlarrison
- Website: http://larrison.org
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/larrison

Jim Larrison is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader with deep expertise in enterprise software, organizational productivity, and workforce intelligence. As Co-Founder & President of Larridin, Jim is pioneering the Organizational Fitness category, helping enterprises optimize productivity and drive data-driven workforce performancethrough AI-powered insights. With over 25 years of experience in scaling technology companies, Jim has been at the forefront of digital transformation, leveraging AI, analytics, and automation to solve real-world business challenges. Before co-founding Larridin, Jim was a co-founder of Dynamic Signal, a category-defining employee communication platform that was later acquired by Sumeru Equity Partners. He also played a key role in the founding of Firstup, a leading workforce engagement solution.Earlier in his career, Jim held executive leadership roles at comScore, IRI, and Adify, where he helped drive data-driven decision-making for some of the world’s largest enterprises. His expertise in business intelligence, organizational strategy, and AI adoption continues to shape Larridin’s mission of providing enterprises with the tools to measure, optimize, and enhance workforce productivity. Jim is passionate about building high-impact, high-growth companies and driving innovation that makes work more efficient, meaningful, and results-driven. He splits his time between Chicago and Scottsdale, depending on the weather.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 67% |
| Film | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Email | 1 | 33% |
| Content | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Evil Genius Games | Evil Genius Games is the developer and publisher of Everyday Heroes™—the newest, modern-day, d20 Modern, 5th edition compatible tabletop roleplaying system for a wide range of officially licensed movie franchise campaigns. Designed by some of d20’s original design team and based on the open-source version of the D&D 5th edition ruleset, theEveryday Heroes collection of movie games and systems is made to delight d20 and genre film franchise fans everywhere.Made up of film geeks who also love playing Dungeons & Dragons, the Evil Genius Games team blends game design expertise and modern innovation to broaden how gaming fans of all ages and experiences can engage in exciting, meaningful tabletop roleplaying adventures—all built around the core Everyday Heroes™ rulebook for ease of play.The world of Everyday Heroes takes players into officially licensed, popular film franchise settings such as The Crow, Rambo, Total Recall, Escape from New York, and others for an infinite number of campaign adventures. Flexible and innovative, each Cinematic Adventure in the Everyday Heroes world can be adapted for home campaigns with characters created by players from scratch, as well as adventures inspired by the film that put characters into the shoes of well-known Hollywood heroes. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | May 24, 2023 | https://www.evilgeniusgames.com |
| LeadSpend | LeadSpend develops innovative technologies and services to identify and clean bad data. Bad data happens when consumers falsely identify themselves online, or when affiliates commit lead fraud. Their real-time email validation service, identifies invalid email addresses before marketers attempt to contact these "leads", protecting aclient's email sender reputation and improving inbox deliverability and performance. Maintaining a good sender reputation is essential for high inbox deliverability. LeadSpend's real-time email validation ensures that their clients collect accurate, valid email addresses from prospects and customers. Whether clients need to validate email addresses on a registration form, have leads coming in through other channels, or just need to clean up their file, LeadSpend has a range of easy-to-use options. Choose from their Javascript snippet, RESTful API, or a secure FTP. | $250K | Angel | Aug 01, 2011 | http://www.leadspend.com |
| Firstup | Dynamic Signal is an employee communication and engagement platform connecting companies with their valued asset and their employees. The company is driving reach, productivity, and advocacy provides a better and faster way for employees and their audiences to receive enterprise signals. It increases productivity and empowers advocacy by informingand engaging employees with timely, relevant content across channels and devices. Dynamic Signal ensures communications are received by employees and their audiences alike. It offers influencer recruiting, collaboration support, member rewards, advisory support, and account management services.Hundreds of the world’s largest enterprises, including 85 of the Fortune 500, trust Dynamic Signal to deliver their enterprise signal in 21 countries around the globe. Founded in 2010, the company’s world class customers include IBM, Edelman, Ingram Micro, Salesforce, Autodesk, Domo, SurveyMonkey, and Humana. Dynamic Signal is based in San Francisco, California. | $8M | Series A | Feb 17, 2011 | http://www.dynamicsignal.com |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Serafund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/serafund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Citta Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citta-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cox Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cox-enterprises) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GreenLight Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenlight-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Jim Larrison invest in?

Jim Larrison invests primarily in Information Technology, Film and SaaS startups, most often at Angel and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 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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### When did Jim Larrison last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jim Larrison closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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