James Currier
Overview
Location
Regions
Gender
James Currier is an Entrepreneur and Investor in Silicon Valley.
He was an early proponent of social media and growth systems, and founded Tickle in 1999. Tickle grew to 80 employees, nearly 200 million registered users, and $38 million in revenue before selling to Monster in 2004.
In 2007, with Stan Chudnovsky, James founded Ooga Labs to incubate digital businesses.
In 2008, Ooga spun out WonderHill, a casual games company, which was funded by CRV and Shasta. WonderHill's biggest game was Dragons of Atlantis. Wonderhill grew to $60M in revenue and merged with Kabam in 2010.
In 2011, Ooga spun out Jiff, a secure network and marketplace for connecting the mobile health ecosystem to the heath care industry. Jiff was funded by Aberdare Ventures, Venrock, Rosemark Smart Capital, GE, J&J, and Towers Watson. The company eventually merged with Castlight (NASDAQ: CSLT) in 2017.
In 2012, Ooga spun out IronPearl, a growth analytics SaaS tool which was acquired by PayPal the following year.
In 2015, James co-founded NFX Guild with Stan Chudnovsky and Gigi Levy-Weiss. NFX is a seed stage venture capital firm at www.nfx.com.
Personal Investments
Number of Investments
Announced Date
Organization Name
Lead Investor
Funding Round
Money Raised
Partner Investments
Number of Partner Investments
Announced Date
Organization Name
Investor Name
Lead Investor
Funding Round
Money Raised
Exits
Number of Exits
Yodas.com We're on a mission to empower individuals to reach their full potential
Maya's Mom Maya’s Mom is a social interactive site enabling parents to share their thoughts via “journals” and receive general parenting advice.
Goodreads Goodreads is a mobile and web app that allows its users to find, share, recommend, read, and review the books they like.
Fundly Fundly is an online fundraising platform that empowers people to make a difference.
Flickr Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application.
BranchOut BranchOut lets people capture and share everyday moments in the workplace through photos, news and updates.
Jobs
Board and Advisor Roles
Related Hubs
Hub Name
CB Rank (Hub)
Education
Events
Number of Events
Recent News and Activity
Date
Activity
© 2018 Crunchbase Inc. All Rights Reserved.