Jim Disanto
Managing Partner at Motus Ventures
Jim Disanto
Managing Partner at Motus Ventures
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2012 - Current
Motus Ventures (www.motusventures.com) is a seed venture capital fund and business accelerator focusing on the intersection of three industries key to the future of modern civilization: Transportation, Internet of Everything (IoE), and Smart Infrastructure.
Entrepreneur in Residence
2011 - 2012
Previously built connected car platform in China, sold to Trimble Navigation June 2011, 4X return on capital. Now building accelerator for connected car technology comnpanies.
Executive Director
2008 - 2012
Digisec was the Caymans holding company of Yamei Electronics Technology of Beijing, China - a tier 2 supplier of electronics for automotive dealership after-market sales and to OEMs for factory install. Yamei was the leader in automotive anti-theft electronics and systems including Smart Key and GPS tracking systems.
Chairman and CEO
2004 - 2008
KonaWare, Inc developed and marketed smartphone (J2ME) applications for mobile workforces, most notably transportation and logistics workers, package delivery, utility and field service, and insurance workforces. The company also developed one of the earliest remote diagnostics applications (OBDII) for fleet management systems. KonaWare was sold to Yamei Electronics and ServicePower in 2008.
VP Business and Corporate Development, Board Director
1999 - 2003
Simplexity Wireless is the Internet's leading eCommerce and MVNO solutions provider for the wireless industry. Co-founded Simplexity Wireless (www.simplexity.com) in 1999, a leading MVNO and mobile phone e-tailer. Raised total of $45M equity financing from venture capital and strategic partners (Microsoft, Best Buy, Bechtel, Sonera, others). Simplexity's proprietary platform offers a suite of fully integrated and highly customizable branded wireless solutions.
Co-founder, VP Sales and Business Development
1995 - 1997
Vicinity.com was the leading Location Based Service for the early World Wide Web. As an early SAAS service provider, Vicinity supplied white labeled, on-line maps, navigation, yellow pages, local directories and events, and other location based information to the leading search engines (Yahoo, Lycos, etc), telcos (Verizon, NYNEX, PacBell, etc.) and corporate websites (GM, FedEX, UPS, Levis, and more). Vicinity went IPO in March 2000 and was listed on NASDAQ (VCNT) until it was acquired by Microsoft (MSF) in 2002 and became part of MapPoint.
Education
Masters
1990 - 1992
BS Electrical/Computer, BS Aerospace
1980 - 1984