James Black

Partner at IVP

London, England

Overview

James Black is a Partner at IVP, with a background in strategic finance and investments in high-growth companies across various sectors. He has played key roles in the success of companies such as Superhuman, TaxBit, and Canva, leveraging his expertise to drive growth and innovation in the SaaS, Enterprise, and FinTech industries.

Work Experience

IVP

Partner
2019 - Current
IVP helps breakout companies grow into enduring market leaders. With a 40-year record of driving growth and 130+ IPOs, we’ve partnered with over 400 companies including Amplitude, Brex, Coinbase, Crowdstrike, Datadog, Discord, Klarna, Slack, Snap, and Twitter. As trusted allies, IVP helps founders and CEOs meet the challenge of leading a rapidly growing company. We are selective, proven, pragmatic, and genuine. We accompany the undaunted on the path to extraordinary outcomes.

IVP is a later-stage venture capital firm investing in fast-growing technology companies.

ivp.com

Kittl

Investor & Board Observer
2024

Pigment

Investor
2022

Superhuman

Investor & Board Observer
2021

Superhuman is a software platform that weaves social insights into a workflow.

Raised $108,000,000.00 from Drew Houston, Will Smith, Tiger Global Management, Jason Citron, Arianna Huffington, The Chainsmokers, Ashton Kutcher, Henrique Dubugras, Timothy Young and IVP.

superhuman.com