James Bruegger
General Partner at Generation Space
James Bruegger
General Partner at Generation Space
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner, Chief Investment Officer
2016 - Current
The Seraphim Space Fund is the world’s leading Venture Capital fund focused on the Space sector. As the world’s first VC fund focused on Space, we have pioneered SpaceTech as an investment category over the last 5 years. Powered by smart capital from leading Space companies and government agencies, the fund has become the most prolific venture capital investor globally within the Space sector. We invest right across the SpaceTech ecosystem, from seed to Series B. As Chief Investment Officer, I’ve had overall responsibility for building a portfolio of c.20 of the world’s highest potential SpaceTech start-ups.
Investment Director
2006 - 2016
Backed by c.100 leading UK/US business angels, Seraphim Capital was a £30m early stage fund that pioneered the angel/VC model in Europe. Built a portfolio of 12 IP-led early stage deeptech companies spanning artificial intelligence (computer vision, neural networks, machine learning), the Internet of Things (software, sensors), advanced materials (polymers, semiconductors). Completed 30+ early stage VC investment rounds totaling c.$100m (majority in lead role).
Co-Founder
2017
Seraphim Space Camp the first accelerator programme dedicated to SpaceTech start-ups. It is supported by some of the world’s leading corporates and agencies in Aerospace, Space and SatComs. More than 40 early stage SpaceTech companies have now graduated from the programme across 6 cohorts, collectively raising more than $50m in funding.
General Partner, Chief Investment Offer
2022
Generation Space is the US division of Seraphim Space UK Group
Assistant Manager
2005 - 2006
Burlington was a boutique strategy consulting firm and a leading provider of commercial due diligence on private equity / corporate M&A transactions. Burlington was acquired by Deloitte in August 2005. I conducted both buy and sell side commercial due diligence on c.15 M&A transactions / $4.5bn total value ranging in size from $30m to $2bn across a diverse set of sectors.
Associate Consultant
2004 - 2005
Burlington was a boutique strategy consulting firm and a leading provider of commercial due diligence on private equity / corporate M&A transactions. Burlington was acquired by Deloitte in August 2005. I conducted both buy and sell side commercial due diligence on c.15 M&A transactions / $4.5bn total value ranging in size from $30m to $2bn across a diverse set of sectors.
Founder
2000 - 2003
Co-founder of this award-winning dotcom start-up that applied search aggregation technology on property listings to offer 4th party services to home buyers and property investors. Gained hands-on experience in every facet of starting a business. Raised £30k of seed funding. Made many mistakes along the way...
Education
BA Hons
1999 - 2002
Front End Web Development
2013 - 2013
A Levels
1993 - 1998