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James Luo

Partner at CapitalG

San Francisco, California

Overview 

James Luo is a Partner at CapitalG in San Francisco, California, with a focus on growth investing in sectors such as Cybersecurity and FinTech. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and has invested in companies like AlphaSense and Dtex Systems at significant stages of their growth. Luo's career highlights include serving on the boards of companies like DTEX Systems and Salt Security, as well as making strategic investments in AlphaSense at Series F and Salt Security at Series D stages.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2018 - Current

    Partner at Alphabet's independent growth fund leading software investments, with a focus on infrastructure, security, and developer platforms. Companies: AlphaSense, Armis, Constant Contact, Crowdstrike, Dataiku, DTEX, Expel, Newfold Digital, Orca Security, Salt Security, Strive Health, Zscaler

CapitalG is the growth capital fund financed by Alphabet that invests for profit in growth stage technology companies.

  • Board Director

    2024

  • Board Observer

    2022

AlphaSense is a platform harnessing AI to deliver insights, helping professionals make informed, impactful decisions.

Raised $1,420,053,806.00 from BDT & MSD Partners, Blue Owl, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund, CapitalG, Alkeon Capital, Viking Global Investors and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

  • Board Director

    2023

Strive Health is a value-based kidney care provider with an integrated system supporting the journey of individuals with kidney disease.

Raised $386,000,000.00 from Town Hall Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Ascension Ventures, CapitalG, Echo Health Ventures, Redpoint and CVS Health Ventures.

  • Board Director

    2022

Salt Security provides an API protection platform designed to prevent attacks by leveraging machine learning and AI.

Raised $271,000,000.00 from CrowdStrike Falcon Fund.

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Board Observer

    2021

Constant Contact provides email, social media and event marketing tools to help small businesses grow their customer base.

Raised $423,159,714.00 from Clearlake Capital Group and Siris Capital Group.

  • Board Observer

    2021

Newfold Digital is a leading web presence solutions provider serving millions of businesses globally.

  • Board Observer

    2020

Expel is a security operations provider that offers managed detection and response, remediation, phishing support, and threat hunting.

Raised $288,800,000.00 from Battery Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Index Ventures, March Capital, Paladin Capital Group, CapitalG, CapitalG, Paladin Capital Group, Cisco Investments and Index Ventures.

  • Investor

    2019

Armis is a developer of an asset intelligence platform to analyze endpoint behavior to identify risks and attacks.

Raised $737,000,000.00 from General Catalyst, Georgian, Alkeon Capital and Brookfield Asset Management.

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