JH

James Higa

Founder & Managing Partner, Offline Ventures

San Jose, California

Investor
VC
Founder
Angel

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Non-profits
Social Media
Nonprofits
Community Outreach
Fundraising
Entrepreneurship
Public Speaking
Event Planning
Grant Writing
Strategic Partnerships
Start-ups
Strategic Planning
Management
Product Marketing
Blogging
Leadership
Program Management
Social Networking
Community Development
Program Development

Education

Lists including James

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Ex-Apple employees who invest

73 people

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All Series A Investors

14752 people

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All Seed Investors

19695 people

Investments

Tonita.co

Seed

Total Funding:

Sukha

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Dance

Series A

Total Funding: $50M

Work Experience

US
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee

2021

  • Member Board of Directors

    2021

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Offline Ventures

2020

  • Founder. Managing Partner.

    2020

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Philanthropic Ventures Foundation

2012

  • Executive Director

    2012

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Siemens

2018 - 2021

  • Advisor

    2018 - 2021

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Index Ventures

2012 - 2020

  • Mentor in Residence

    2012 - 2020

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Airbnb

2015 - 2018

  • Advisor

    2015 - 2018

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UNIQLO

2013 - 2018

  • Advisor

    2013 - 2018

Lawson Inc., 株式会社ローソン

2012 - 2017

  • Advisor, Innovation Advisory Board

    2012 - 2017

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Apple

2001 - 2012

  • Senior Director, Office of the CEO

    2001 - 2012

    Special Ops for Steve.

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RealNetworks

1996 - 2000

  • VP Consumer, VP Asia

    1996 - 2000

    The Internet as mass medium. Did the IPO gig.

People following James on X

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Liz Wessel

Partner at First Round Capital

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Ryan Hoover

Founder of Weekend Fund