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James Lu Morrissey

Investor at Umami Capital | Co-founder at Mentor Collective | Forbes 30 under 30

Miami, Florida

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2021

    Umami Capital (umamicap.com) is the world's largest angel syndicate powered by Forbes 30U30 listers. Are you an angel investor? Feel free to apply here: https://venture.angellist.com/s/umami-capital/pzvRR

2023

  • Mentor

    2023

2017

  • Mentor

    2017

  • Co-Founder and Board Director

    2024

  • Co-founder, President, Board Director

    2013 - 2023

    Mentor Collective is the leading provider of research-backed mentoring programs. MC partners with leading universities and companies to scale mentorship to all their students/employees. We have created over 300,000 mentorships, been ranked a top 100 remote workplace in the US, and raised ~$30M in funding from leading investors. Mentor Collective has been recognized by TechCrunch, Inc, Forbes, Fortune, Boston Globe, and many others including: - 2023 - #73 on Fortune's list of the Most Innovative Companies in America - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 - Inc 5000 multi-year recipient - 2020, 2021, 2022 - Built In Boston's top 10 Best Small Company to work for in Boston / top 100 remote workplace - 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 - four-time winner of the Golden Bridge Awards / Globee Awards - 2018 - BostInno's 50 on Fire - 2015 - Techstars Boston

  • Angel Investor

    2015

  • Advisor

    2018

2018 - 2022

  • Advisor

    2018 - 2022

2018 - 2020

  • Advisor

    2018 - 2020

  • Entrepreneur Delegate at Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017

    2017 - 2017

    https://www.ges2017.org/about-ges/

  • Multiple leadership positions

    2011 - 2017