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
Longworth Venture Partners is a Boston-based VC investing in early-stage technology companies.
Board Observer
2015 - 2016
RapidMiner builds a software platform for data science teams that unites data prep, machine learning, and predictive model deployment.
Raised $37,200,000.00 from Ascent Venture Partners, Blossom Street Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners and Converge.
Board Observer
2014 - 2016
Rize is an 3D printing company manufacturing full-color multi-material office-friendly industrial 3D printers.
Raised $29,000,000.00 from Sparta Group, Innospark Ventures, Dassault Systemes, Innospark Ventures and Converge.
Board Observer
2013 - 2016
Olapic is a visual marketing platform that helps brands reach their consumers visually.
Raised $21,086,000.00 from Unilever Ventures, Michael Lazerow, Fabrice Grinda, Jose Marin, Longworth Venture Partners, FJ Labs, Felix Capital and LFX Venture Partners.
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.
Baird is a financial company that provides wealth management, capital markets, private equity, and asset management services.