Jim Andelman
Founder of Bonfire Ventures
Santa Barbara, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder and Managing Director
2017 - Current
Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for talented founders building the next generation of software giants.
Board member and Investor
2023
GitStart develops an online freelancer hiring platform to help businesses pass on their backlog work.
Raised $5,150,000.00 from Adam D’Angelo, Surabhi Gupta, Li Fan, Dara Khosrowshahi, Michael Schroepfer, Austen Allred, Neo, Omoju Miller, Debo Olaosebikan and Maria Zhang.
Board member and Investor
2023
Alvys is a software company that develops cloud-based transportation management systems for trucking and logistics companies.
Raised $26,800,000.00 from Titanium Ventures, RTP Global, Bonfire Ventures and Picus Capital.
Board member and Investor
2022
Board member and Investor
2022
Board member and Investor
2021
Board member emeritus and Investor
2020
Writer is a software firm that develops a full-stack generative AI platform delivering transformative ROI for enterprises.
Raised $326,000,000.00 from Radical Ventures, PremjiInvest, Insight Partners, Gradient, Workday Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, B Capital, Accenture, Citi Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.
Board Member and Investor
2020
Optimize Health is a provider of a digital healthcare platform that enables the deployment of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) programs.
Raised $37,100,000.00 from 500 Global, Escalate Capital Partners, Daher Capital, Jumpstart Capital, Atento Capital, OpenView, Foundry Group, Bonfire Ventures, SOSV and Navigate Ventures, LLC.
Board member and Investor
2020
Swell is the headless ecommerce platform for modern brands, startups, and agencies.
Raised $23,400,000.00 from VMG Partners, Warby Parker, Kevin McKeand, Bonfire Ventures, Willow Growth Partners, Commerce Ventures, Headline, Romain Lapeyre, Andreas Klinger and Habitat Partners.
Investor
2020