Investing Profile

James Orchard

VCInvestorCEO
Chief Executive Officer, QBE Ventures at QBE Ventures
qbe.com/ventures/teamSydney, Australia
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Current Investing Position
QBE Ventures Advisor
Investment Range
$2.0M - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$6.0M
Investments On Record
6

James Orchard is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

James Orchard's Investments On Record (5)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Reserv
Series BSep 2025$16M
$190M
Co-investors: Matthew Harris (Bain Capital Ventures), Sarah Morgenstern (Flourish Ventures), Emmalyn Shaw (Flourish Ventures), Jon McNeill (DVx Ventures), Oleg Ilichev (Altai Ventures)
Snorkel AI
Series DMay 2025$100M
Series UnknownJan 2024
$240M
Co-investors: Dave Munichiello (GV (Google Ventures)), Nnamdi Iregbulem (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Saam Motamedi (Greylock), Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ravi Mhatre (Anthropic), Todd Arfman (Addition), Lee Fixel (Addition), A.J. Bertone (In-Q-Tel)
Aurora Insurance
SeedOct 2024
iluminr
Series AOct 2022$3M
$3M
Tensorflight
Series AOct 2021$4M
$6.5M
Co-investors: Adam J. Plotkin (ff Venture Capital), Amy Gu (Hemi Ventures)

James Orchard's Experience

Portfolio Analyst SISU CapitalPresent
Project Analyst WesfarmersPresent
Associate, Investments & Acquisitions CIMIC GroupPresent
Head of Strategy & Planning Wesfarmers InsurancePresent
Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy IAGPresent
Corporate Development Executive, IAG Labs IAGPresent
General Manager - Product Innovation, IAG Customer Labs IAGPresent
Executive General Manager, Innovation IAGPresent
Board Observer Zeguro (acquired by HSB)Present
Chairperson and Director Insurtech AustraliaPresent
Board Observer GeositePresent
Chief Executive Officer, QBE Ventures QBE VenturesPresent

James Orchard's Education

The University of Western Australia Bachelor Economics