James Pavlik
Investor at Baird Capital
Greater Chicago Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner, Venture Capital Group
2003 - Current
Focus on early and growth stage venture capital investments in the B2B software and tech-enabled services sectors.
Baird is a financial company that provides wealth management, capital markets, private equity, and asset management services.
Board Member
2024
ModelOp provides AI Governance software for enterprises, safeguarding all AI initiatives.
Raised $16,000,000.00 from Baird Capital.
Board Member
2014
NowSecure provides automated mobile app security testing software that can be integrated into the development (CI/CD) process.
Raised $27,500,000.00 from CIBC Innovation Banking.
Board Member
2016
Hireology is a staffing and hiring platform for the franchise and retail-automotive industries.
Raised $59,541,777.00 from Blue Cloud Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank and Baird Capital.
Board Member
2020
WE TRACE AND MITIGATE DIGITAL BRAND RISKS TO PRESERVE AUTHENTIC CUSTOMER INTERACTIONS AND DISCOVER INSIGHTS THAT FUEL BETTER DECISIONS.
Raised $29,605,000.00 from Baird Capital, Origin Ventures, EPIC Ventures and First Analysis.
Board Member
2020
Board Member
2021
Forj is a virtual event platform for professional membership groups and associations.
Raised $17,500,000.00 from Baird Capital, GCI and Plymouth Growth.
Board Member
2021
Vodori provides solutions that simplify how life science companies create, approve, and distribute promotional content.
Raised $10,956,846.00 from Baird Capital.
Board Member
2023
Parallax is a resourcing, forecasting and analytics platform that helps digital agencies and software consultancies.
Raised $19,000,000.00 from Rally Ventures, Baird Capital and Grotech Ventures.
Board Member
2011 - 2020