James Loftus
Managing Partner at PayPal Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner, PayPal Ventures
2022 - Current
PayPal Ventures invests in companies at the forefront of innovation in fintech, commerce enablement, digital infrastructure, and crypto/blockchain technologies. I cannot accept pitches or business plans via LinkedIn - please send them to businessplans@paypal.com.
Board Observer
2024
The first AI-powered payments platform with embedded financing, built for buyers and sellers of technology.
Raised $141,700,000.00 from PayPal Ventures, m]x[v Capital, Deciens Capital, Vine Ventures, Gradient, Bag Ventures and Velvet Sea Ventures.
Board Observer
2024
Credit Genie is a fintech company that provides financial tools and debt relief services.
Raised $23,184,457.00 from Tippet Venture Partners and Khosla Ventures.
Board Observer
2023
Board Observer
2022
Tala is a mobile technology and data science company that is oriented around financial services in emerging markets.
Raised $372,000,000.00 from Victory Park Capital.
Board Observer
2022
Board Observer
2023
Arkose Labs protects enterprises from cybercrime and abuse.
Raised $106,467,749.00 from PayPal Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital and Ballistic Ventures.
Advisor
2021
Color is a healthcare delivery platform that offers cancer prevention, screening programs, and healthcare services for people.
Raised $482,000,000.00 from T. Rowe Price, General Catalyst, Kindred Ventures, WR Hambrecht, Viking Global Investors and Emerson Collective.
Board Observer
2021 - 2022
Yellow Card facilitates buying and selling Stablecoins through local currency transactions.
Raised $89,500,000.00 from Hutt Capital, Galaxy Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Blockchain Coinvestorsqq, Castle Island Ventures, Third Prime, Block, Inc., Winklevoss Capital and Polychain.
Board Member
2021 - 2022
Education
BA
1996 - 2000
JD
2001 - 2004
Master of Liberal Arts
2021 - 2026