Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Founded Organizations 2
  • Primary Job Title Co-Founder & Chief Strategy and Investment Officer
  • Primary Organization 
    Catalyze
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner
  • Investor Stage  Seed

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.

Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 1
James Geshwiler is the Co-Founder & Chief Strategy and Investment Officer at Catalyze. Additionally, James Geshwiler has had 1 past job as the Founder, Managing Director, & General Partner at CVP Management.
  • Catalyze Co-Founder & Chief Strategy and Investment OfficerJan 2022
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CVP Management
Founder, Managing Director, & General PartnerJun 1999Jun 2016
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
James Geshwiler is the Board Member at Scratch Wireless.
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Influactive
Board of DirectorsAug 1, 2012Sep 2014