JK

James Kim

Partner at Reach Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

VC

Invests in

Locations:

United States

  • Min Investment:

    $150,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $2,000,000.00

Skills

Data Analysis
Python
R
Venture Capital
Research
Nonprofits
Project Management
Event Planning
Program Evaluation
Program Development
Editing
Higher Education
Curriculum Development
Educational Technology
SQL
Teaching
Public Speaking
Staff Development
Qualitative Research
Educational Leadership

Education

Investments

Preply

Series C

Total Funding: $140M

Immigo

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $1.2M

Hopps

Seed

Total Funding: $13M

Polygence

Pre-Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Major League Hacking

Seed

Total Funding: $3.8M

Sketchy

Series A

Total Funding: $59M

Riipen

Seed

Total Funding: $3.8M

Paper

Series A

Total Funding: $6M

Crash

Seed

Total Funding: $1.8M

Work Experience

Reach Capital

2018

  • Partner

    2021

    Reach funds people and ideas that empower humans across their lifetimes. Non-board portfolio companies: > Iago > Major League Hacking > Preply > Sketchy > Thinkverse

  • Principal

    2020 - 2021

  • Senior Associate

    2019 - 2020

  • Associate

    2018 - 2019

Coral Care

2024

  • Board Director

    2024

GPTZero

2024

  • Board Observer

    2024

Hopps

2021

  • Board Observer

    2021

Polygence

2021

  • Board Director

    2021

Paper

2020

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Board Director

    2021 - 2021

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2021

Riipen

2019

  • Board Director

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2019 - 2022

Legends

2022 - 2024

  • Board Observer

    2022 - 2024

    (Acquired)

FourthRev

2021 - 2024

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2024

Yale University

2014 - 2016

  • Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions

    2014 - 2016

    Yale educates aspiring leaders worldwide who serve all sectors of society. We carry out this mission through the free exchange of ideas in an ethical, interdependent, and diverse community of faculty, staff, students, and alumni.

  • Product Manager, Online Experiences for Yale Scholars (ONEXYS)

    2014 - 2016