James Black
Partner at IVP
James Black
Partner at IVP
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
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.
Investor & Board Observer
2024
Investor
2022
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.
Investor & Board Observer
2021
Investor
2021
Investor & Board Observer
2021
TaxBit is a cryptocurrency tax and accounting software that automates tax calculations and reporting on cryptocurrency transactions.
Raised $253,360,311.00 from IQT, Haun Ventures and Alameda Research.
Investor
2021
Investor
2020
Strategic Finance
2018 - 2019