JH

Jim Hornthal

Chairman, LaunchPad Central - AI-powered Innovation Solutions for Commercial, Academic, and Government Clients

San Francisco, California

VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $0.00

  • Max Investment:

    $0.00

  • Target Investment:

    $0.00

Education

Investments

Localized

Seed

Total Funding: $3M

Zignal Labs

Series B

Total Funding: $26M

Sphere

Seed

Total Funding: $7M

Hipmunk

Series A

Total Funding: $40M

Flywire

Seed

Total Funding: $140M

Work Experience

Launchpad Central

2012

  • Chairman

    2012

M34 Capital, Inc.

2014

  • Chairman

    2014

Zignal Labs

2011

  • Chairman

    2011

NeuroTrainer

2018

  • Director

    2018

KIND

2012 - 2016

  • DIRECTOR

    2012 - 2016

Princeton University

2012 - 2013

  • James Wei Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship

    2012 - 2013

    Faculty member of the Keller Center, teaching Lean LaunchPad to students and teams in Princeton's eLAB incubator program.

Travelocity

2000 - 2002

  • Vice Chairman

    2000 - 2002

    Served as the founding Vice Chairman of the publically traded company,Travelocity.com, that was formed by the merger of Preview Travel and the Travelocity division of Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) in 2000 (NASDAQ: TVLY). Left in 2002 when TSG acquired 100% of TVLY.

Preview Travel

1985 - 2000

  • Chairman

    1985 - 2000

    Founder/Chairman of the first publically traded online travel agency (NASDAQ: PTVL). Merged with the Travelocity division of Sabre Holdings to form Travelocity.com (NASDAQ: TVLY) in 2000.