James Dougherty

Founder, Accord AI - Vertical AI for Forensic Accountants

📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 5 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2017
VC🌍 United States
5
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1
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0
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11y
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Portfolio

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Investor
Sep 2017
Thursday was built out of our own frustration. Clunky work boots or delicate fashion boots? Cheap shoes that fall apart after a few wears, or shoes that were incredibly overpriced? It didn’t seem right that we had to make these trade-offs. There had to be another option. We started Thursday to offer an alternative: ridiculously high quality footwear at honest prices that could handle our busy lives in New York City. We make modern classics that we deliver at the best possible value to our community. We believe in clean design, only using the highest quality materials, and integrity. When you put on a pair of Thursdays you will be ready for whatever the day brings your way. Learn more at thursdayboots.com.
mid stageRetail
Seed Investor
Aug 2017
Sana is on a mission to make healthcare understandable, accessible, and affordable for all. The first step: better health plans for small businesses. We help small businesses offer high-quality benefits, save on healthcare costs, and avoid expensive employee turnover. Our members get comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus access to over a dozen $0 healthcare options — such as virtual pediatrics, mental health, and maternity care. By bringing healthcare innovation downmarket to the generally neglected small business sector, Sana is laying the groundwork for a healthcare revolution. Sana is hiring in Operations, Product, Engineering, Sales and more - APPLY TODAY! http://bit.ly/joinsana
early stageInsurance
Investor
Nov 2016
Loan Transactions, made simple. Community Capital is a digital loan trading exchange and business intelligence platform providing financial institutions – along with other originators and credit investors – a simpler, smarter and more cost-effective way to buy, sell and/or participate out loans of any type. Our proprietary solution provides Regional Banks, Community Banks, Credit Unions, and CDFIs, as well as other third party originators and investors (Credit Funds/Investors, RIAs, Insurance Companies, Marketplace Lenders, Specialty Lenders, Family Offices), access to a nationwide exchange and analytics toolset designed to drive better, faster decision-making and higher transactional success rates in the sourcing, evaluation and transaction of loans on the secondary market. Using Community Capital’s intuitive online marketplace, members can post loans, or find and connect directly to other buyer or seller partners – or specific loan opportunities of interest - real time, without brokers or other intermediaries. As a result, participants are empowered to more effectively and proactively manage their balance sheet liquidity and risk, while driving returns.
Advisor and Investor
Nov 2016
Loan Transactions, made simple. Community Capital is a digital loan trading exchange and business intelligence platform providing financial institutions – along with other originators and credit investors – a simpler, smarter and more cost-effective way to buy, sell and/or participate out loans of any type. Our proprietary solution provides Regional Banks, Community Banks, Credit Unions, and CDFIs, as well as other third party originators and investors (Credit Funds/Investors, RIAs, Insurance Companies, Marketplace Lenders, Specialty Lenders, Family Offices), access to a nationwide exchange and analytics toolset designed to drive better, faster decision-making and higher transactional success rates in the sourcing, evaluation and transaction of loans on the secondary market. Using Community Capital’s intuitive online marketplace, members can post loans, or find and connect directly to other buyer or seller partners – or specific loan opportunities of interest - real time, without brokers or other intermediaries. As a result, participants are empowered to more effectively and proactively manage their balance sheet liquidity and risk, while driving returns.
Angel/Early Stage Investor
Jun 2015
Experience · 11 entries
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2025
Owner
Jun 2025
Accord builds AI tools for small business CPAs to serve more clients with higher margins, without changing their workforce. SME Accountants lose hundreds of hours every tax season manually cleaning up client books. They often turn away new clients during the busiest season, lacking the manpower to organize years of messy books for onboarding and missing out on years of future earnings. Accord AI categorizes thousands of transactions in minutes, finishing 80-90% of the work. CPA teams only review the flagged items. The output is clean financials, so your team can focus on higher value work and gain more long term clients at higher margins.
early stageAccounting
2024
2022
Co-Founder
Oct 2022
Brineworks is building a highly efficient, patent-pending seawater electrolyzer. This invention enables the low-cost extraction of CO2 through Direct Ocean Capture, along with the significant co-production of H2, the two building blocks of e-fuels. Our mission is to help rapidly decarbonize sectors like aviation and maritime by harnessing the power of cutting-edge electrochemistry.
2017
Investor
Sep 2017
Thursday was built out of our own frustration. Clunky work boots or delicate fashion boots? Cheap shoes that fall apart after a few wears, or shoes that were incredibly overpriced? It didn’t seem right that we had to make these trade-offs. There had to be another option. We started Thursday to offer an alternative: ridiculously high quality footwear at honest prices that could handle our busy lives in New York City. We make modern classics that we deliver at the best possible value to our community. We believe in clean design, only using the highest quality materials, and integrity. When you put on a pair of Thursdays you will be ready for whatever the day brings your way. Learn more at thursdayboots.com.
mid stageRetail
Seed Investor
Aug 2017
Sana is on a mission to make healthcare understandable, accessible, and affordable for all. The first step: better health plans for small businesses. We help small businesses offer high-quality benefits, save on healthcare costs, and avoid expensive employee turnover. Our members get comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus access to over a dozen $0 healthcare options — such as virtual pediatrics, mental health, and maternity care. By bringing healthcare innovation downmarket to the generally neglected small business sector, Sana is laying the groundwork for a healthcare revolution. Sana is hiring in Operations, Product, Engineering, Sales and more - APPLY TODAY! http://bit.ly/joinsana
early stageInsurance
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