Investments
17Portfolio Exits
8About James Hong
James Hong is an angel investor who generally invests $25-100k in young, emerging companies with a focus on those located in the Bay Area. He prefers companies with technical founders and seeks to help his portfolio companies with help on financing and business development.
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James Hong Investments
17 Investments
James Hong has made 17 investments. Their latest investment was in Hatch as part of their Series A on October 10, 2015.
James Hong Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10/15/2015 | Series A | Hatch | $7M | Yes | 1 | |
6/16/2015 | Series A | Connectifier | $6M | Yes | 6 | |
11/8/2012 | Seed VC | Nuzzel | $1.7M | Yes | 500 Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Anthony Soohoo, CRV, Diego Canoso, Eric Ries, Gil Penchina, James Currier, James Hong, Jim Young, Jon Nordmark, Kent Lindstrom, Mark Jacobstein, Max Levchin, Michael Birch, Morado Venture Partners, Naval Ravikant, Nellie Levchin, Philip Kaplan, Raymond Tonsing, Rick Marini, Ridge Ventures, Ron Palmeri, Rosecliff Ventures, Stan Chudnovsky, Steve Chen, Uncork Capital, and Zachary Bogue | 1 |
9/18/2012 | Seed VC | |||||
7/31/2012 | Seed VC - II |
Date | 10/15/2015 | 6/16/2015 | 11/8/2012 | 9/18/2012 | 7/31/2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series A | Series A | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC - II |
Company | Hatch | Connectifier | Nuzzel | ||
Amount | $7M | $6M | $1.7M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | 500 Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Anthony Soohoo, CRV, Diego Canoso, Eric Ries, Gil Penchina, James Currier, James Hong, Jim Young, Jon Nordmark, Kent Lindstrom, Mark Jacobstein, Max Levchin, Michael Birch, Morado Venture Partners, Naval Ravikant, Nellie Levchin, Philip Kaplan, Raymond Tonsing, Rick Marini, Ridge Ventures, Ron Palmeri, Rosecliff Ventures, Stan Chudnovsky, Steve Chen, Uncork Capital, and Zachary Bogue | ||||
Sources | 1 | 6 | 1 |
James Hong Portfolio Exits
8 Portfolio Exits
James Hong has 8 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Quid on January 29, 2020.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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1/29/2020 | Merger | 1 | |||
Date | 1/29/2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Merger | ||||
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Sources | 1 |
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