Primary Job Title Co-Founder & Chief Strategy and Investment Officer Primary Organization Catalyze
Location Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Male
Investor Type Investment Partner Investor Stage Seed
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James Geshwiler is the Co-Founder and COO of Catalyze. He has been an active seed-stage investor in mobile, cloud, consumer, and enterprise software for more than 15 years. He has been on the boards of many early stage technology companies and is passionate how companies can best transition from seed to scaling.
He helped shape the transformation
from Converge Venture Partners’ predecessor organization, CommonAngels, and has been a leader in shaping the professionalization of angel investing, co-founding two associations with the help of the Kauffman Foundation.
James Geshwiler has been on the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council and the Board of the MIT Alumni Association. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program at the UT-Austin, a master’s degree in political science from UCLA, and an MBA from MIT. James also is an avid rower and member of Cambridge Boat Club.