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Jim Adler

Founder & General Partner, Toyota Ventures

San Francisco, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
Big Data
Leadership
Security
Entrepreneurship
Data Privacy
E-commerce
Team Leadership
Technical Leadership
Strategy
Product Development
Strategic Planning
Cloud Computing
Software Development
Strategic Partnerships
Executive Management
Agile Methodologies

Education

Work Experience

  • Founder & General Partner

    2017

  • Board Observer

    2021

    Electric air mobility NYSE:JOBY

  • Investor

    2017

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

    Making every day electric

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

    Scent AI

  • Board Member

    2020

    Empathetic digital companions

  • Board Member

    2019

    Spatial intelligence for robots & machines

  • Executive Advisor

    2018

    Advisor to CEO and executive team on business, technology, and products.

  • Vice President

    2017 - 2018

    Founded and led the data cloud engineering teams, as well as led business development partnerships and investments.

  • Director, Data & Business Development

    2016 - 2017

2018 - 2023

  • Investment Committee Member

    2018 - 2023

    Independent member of JetBlue Ventures' Investment Committee

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2021

    Toyota Financial Savings Bank, member FDIC, provides banking products and services to eligible Dealers and Team Members.

  • Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee

    2013 - 2020

    Appointed in April 2013 by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to serve on the Technology Subcommittee. Reappointed in January 2017 by DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee (DPIAC) provides advice at the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the DHS Chief Privacy Officer on programmatic, policy, operational, administrative, and technological issues within the DHS that relate to personally identifiable information, as well as data integrity and other privacy-related matters.