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Jim Lockheed

Founder of Something New

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Jim Lockheed is an Aviation Decarbonization VC and US Air Force Veteran based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Notable career highlights include serving as a Principal at JetBlue Ventures focusing on Travel/Aviation/Sustainability investments and founding Something New, while also investing in companies like Avnos, Frontdesk, and Air Company. Currently, Jim Lockheed is actively involved in venture capital as a Founder/Partner at Something New and has a strong track record of investing in innovative companies in the aviation and sustainability sectors, such as Air Company and Universal Hydrogen.

Work Experience 

  • Founder/Partner

    2024 - Current

  • Startup Mentor

    2020

AWS Healthcare is a global healthcare accelerator.

  • Travel / Aviation / Sustainability VC Investor (Principal)

    2019 - 2024

    Investments: • ClearJet • Pulsora • Avnos • Assaia • Air Company • Frontdesk • Beacon AI • Universal Hydrogen • Lacuna • i6 • 3 Victors

JetBlue Ventures invests in and partners with seed-stage startups improving the future of travel and hospitality.

  • Investor

    2023 - 2024

Delivery Infrastructure for Ecommerce

  • Investor

    2023 - 2024

Pulsora is an enterprise environmental, social, and governance software as a service platform.

Raised $28,500,000.00 from Sompo Holdings, Carica Sustainable Investments, JetBlue Ventures, Sabancı Ventures, Builders VC, FINTOP Capital, Aramco Ventures and Galvanize Climate Solutions.

  • Board Observer & Investor

    2022 - 2024

  • Investor

    2022 - 2024

Avnos is commercializing technology to capture CO2 without consuming water, producing water for every ton.

Raised $116,000,000.00 from NextEra Energy, Envisioning Partners, Rusheen Capital Management, Shell Ventures and Safran Corporate Ventures.

  • Investor

    2021 - 2024

Beacon AI builds pilot assistant technology, effectively R2-D2 for pilots.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from Costanoa Ventures, Scout Ventures, Sam Altman and JetBlue Ventures.

  • Investor

    2021 - 2024

Air Company is a carbon utilization company creating consumer and industrial products from carbon dioxide (CO2).

Raised $108,126,280.00 from Connecticut Innovations, Alaska Airlines, Jet Support Services, JetBlue Ventures, Avfuel, Alumni Ventures, Carbon Direct Capital, Lowercarbon Capital, IQT and Toyota Ventures.

  • Board Observer & Investor

    2021 - 2024

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