JL

James Lovey

VP at Company Ventures

New York City Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $200,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Vice President, Investments & Operations

    2023

    Company Ventures invests in early-stage startups in NYC & operates Grand Central Tech, a no-equity, free-rent residency that supports ~25 top-tier founding teams annually through operations, product strategy, vision/mission/values definition, & fundraising. To date, 191 program companies have raised $3.7B from top VCs.

  • Senior Investment Associate

    2021 - 2023

  • Investment Associate

    2019 - 2021

2017 - 2019

  • Innovation Strategy Consultant

    2017 - 2019

    Commercial strategy, customer research, UX, & web/app design for Fortune 500 companies. Select Clients: Vanguard, Samsung, McDonald's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Prudential

2015 - 2017

  • Mechanical Design Engineer

    2015 - 2017

    Consumer, medical, & military product development w/ engineering, design, & user-research. Select clients: Johnson & Johnson, Edgewell, Samsung, Decon 7

  • Mechanical Engineer

    2015 - 2015

2014 - 2014

  • Mechanical Engineer

    2014 - 2014

2012 - 2013

  • Civil Engineering Consultant Intern

    2012 - 2013