James Joaquin(1)

VCInvestor

Co-founder & Managing Director at Obvious Ventures

obvious.com/team/San Francisco, California

Current Investing Position

Obvious Ventures Managing Director

Investment Range

$1M - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$3.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$272M

James Joaquin is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

MarketingTech (Seed)Consumer Health (Series A)MarketingTech (Series A)Consumer Health (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area

James Joaquin's Investments On Record (21)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Baton Market	Series AJan 2025$10M	$10M
Co-investors: Spencer Rascoff (75 & Sunny)
Ampathy	Pre SeedJul 2023
Co-investors: Tim Chang (Mayfield), Jonah Goodhart (WGI Group), Aniq Rahman (Vast Ventures), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital)
Nectar	Series ADec 2022$17M SeedMar 2022$8M	$31M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Patrick Chun (Juxtapose Capital), Lior Susan (Eclipse Ventures), Gustaf Alströmer (Y Combinator), Justin Mateen
MycoMedica Life Sciences, PBC	Series AJun 2022$60M	$68M
Co-investors: Jon Callaghan (True Ventures), Will Weisman (KittyHawk Ventures)
Parallel Learning	Series AMay 2022$20M	$29M
Co-investors: Jay Chen (Tiger Global Management), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Eric Reiner (Vine Ventures LP), Noah Beck (Animal Capital), Josh Richards (REMUS Capital), Dan Povitsky (Vine Ventures LP), Lee Fixel (Addition), Jenny Abramson (Rethink Impact), Griffin Johnson
Beam Organics	Series AFeb 2021$5M SeedOct 2019$5M	$10M
Co-investors: Chris Cunningham (C2Ventures)
Career Karma	SeedJul 2019$2M	$52M
Co-investors: Kim-Mai Cutler (Initialized Capital), Brian Dixon (Kapor Capital), Amira Yahyaoui (Sequoia Capital), Iman Abuzeid (Sequoia Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Nitin Pachisia (Unshackled Ventures), Manan Mehta (Unshackled Ventures), Jewel Burks (Collab Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Anarghya Vardhana (Maveron), Maria Salamanca (Ulu Ventures), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Fern Mandelbaum (Vista Venture Partners), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Paul Judge (TechSquare Labs), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Nick Caldwell, Bangaly Kaba, Baron Davis, Anthony Pompliano, Halle Tecco, Kevin Lee, John Henry, Justin Rosenstein
Fetcher	SeedMar 2019$5M	$40M
Co-investors: Robin Godenrath (Picus Capital), Julian Roeoes (Picus Capital), Thomas Falk (Revel Partners), Mike Troiano (G20 Ventures), Christian Dorffer (Sweet Capital)