JF

James Falkoff

Principal at Converge

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overview

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2017 - Current

    Converge is a Boston based venture firm bringing long term, committed capital to B2B tech entrepreneurs and their teams.

  • Senior Vice President - Venture Investing

    2016 - 2016

    Invested strategically on behalf of Citi, with a focus on enterprise software.

  • Principal

    2014 - 2016

    Involved in Longworth's investments in RapidMiner, Olapic, PLUMgrid, JIBE, TrackVia, Swirl, and Rize.

  • Associate

    2013 - 2014

  • Analyst

    2011 - 2013

  • Board Observer

    2015 - 2016

  • Board Observer

    2014 - 2016

  • Board Observer

    2013 - 2016

  • Equity Research Associate

    2009 - 2010

    Sell-side equity analyst covering telecom and data networking equipment stocks including Cisco, Juniper, F5, Riverbed, Fortinet, Ericsson, and others. Contributed to all elements of the research product including proprietary field research, financial analysis and modeling, report writing, and communication with investors, management teams, and Baird's internal sales force. Developed deep proprietary industry connections including the launch of a quarterly IT reseller survey capturing over $15 billion in aggregate annual IT spending. Led the due diligence and investor education process for two IPOs of venture-backed companies, which combined raised over $250 million in gross proceeds.

  • Equity Research Analyst

    2006 - 2009

    Promoted to Research Associate in July 2009.

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