Joanna James

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Principal at Kingfisher Venture Partners · Consumer

Kingfisher Venture Partners
London, UK · GMT (UTC+0)
10+ years experience
University of Oxford
English
Investing
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Overview

I invest in consumer at Kingfisher Venture Partners, usually at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 14 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later. Backed 40 founders at pre-seed and seed. I host a monthly meetup on consumer.

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  • Founders building in consumer
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
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  • Crypto token projects
  • Generic networking requests
  • Fund-of-funds solicitations

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Skills
marketplacesbrandsventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $250k cheques into seed consumer in Europe

Cheque size
$250k
Stages
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Consumer
Geographies
LatAm
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
10 business days
How I help
Fundraising strategy for the next round

Happy to follow a strong lead. Decisions within 3 weeks.

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Experience

  1. Principal
    Jul 2024 - Present
    Kingfisher Venture Partners · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Previously an operator for 10 years before investing.
    • Led or co-led 9 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
  2. Partnerships Manager
    Jul 2021 - Jul 2024
    Vodafone · 3 yr · Full-time · London, UK
    • Opened 6 new logos over $2 million ACV in the region.
  3. Partnerships Manager
    Dec 2019 - Jul 2021
    Goldman Sachs · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Signed 7 channel partners that now source 22% of pipeline.
    • Closed 132% of quota two years running.
  4. Account Executive
    Feb 2018 - Dec 2019
    Morgan Stanley · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Opened 3 new logos over $5 million ACV in the region.
    • Closed 189% of quota two years running.
  5. Enterprise Account Executive
    Oct 2016 - Feb 2018
    BAE Systems · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Opened 12 new logos over $4 million ACV in the region.

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Education

  1. University of Oxford
    BA, Engineering
    2013 - 2016

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