James McClure

VC General Partner | C-level exec | Board Member/Advisor | Executive Coach

๐Ÿ“ Australia๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 11 investments๐Ÿ“… 14 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Apr 2022
VC๐ŸŒ Australia
11
Total investments
6
Early stage
4
Mid stage
0
Late stage
14y
Years active

Portfolio

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Angel Investor
Apr 2022
Collaborate with your buyers in one centralised and trackable digital space, from first call to deal close and beyond. Imagine one link where you can consolidate sales content, video recordings, demo recordings, mutual action plans, proposals, forms/surveys, e-signature & more. Move your prospect along the buyer journey from outreach to post-demo, to proposal and then closed-won... All within one centralised space. 5000+ of the best revenue teams globally are seeing: - 28% Reduction in sales cycle time from first outreach to deal close - 13% Increase in closed won opps - 34% reduction in time to onboard new customers Get more revenue, quicker.
Angel Investor
Apr 2022
Stotles is unlocking the potential of business and government working better, together. Our all-in-one platform streamlines your public sector sales. Think millions of UK&I public sector opportunities in one view, tailored to you. Track buyers, partners & competitors and approach them with the right message, at the right time.
Angel Investor
Feb 2022
AI Operating System for Venture
Angel Investor
Feb 2022
Leland is a platform that helps people reach career and educational goals by connecting them with the coaching, courses, content, and community. Whether you are building your career, trying to get into school, upskilling, taking a test, or trying to reach any other goal, we can help you reach your goals. Join our community today to access events, free resources, and more.
Angel Investor
Jan 2022
๐Ÿš€ Tyke Invest - Democratising investment for individuals and high-growth businesses. Were committed to making finance more inclusive and accessible. Through our innovative solutions like Invoice Discounting and Tyke Wealth, we empower investors and founders daily to take control of their financial futures. Driven by integrity and innovation, our team is passionate about redefining the investment landscape. Our culture is built on: โœ… Customer Centricity: Putting our users needs first, ensuring every interaction is tailored to their financial journey. โœ… Innovation and Ownership: Constantly evolving our platform to offer cutting-edge investment solutions and giving our team the autonomy to innovate. โœ… Simplicity: Designing intuitive and user-friendly products that simplify the investment process. โœ… Long-term Vision: Committed to creating lasting value for our users by focusing on sustainable growth and long-term relationships. โœ… Transparency: Building trust through transparent operations and clear communication with our community. Mission: To broaden access to investment opportunities, making them accessible to a wider audience, and to simplify fundraising for founders through our end-to-end engagement platform. Vision: Empowering every individual and business with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to thrive in the investment world, becoming their trusted financial partner. Join us in reshaping finance for all! #BeFutureReady with Tyke.
Angel Investor
Jan 2022
Meet BUNCH, the AI leadership coach on a mission to help anyone become a great leader. BUNCH enables you to overcome everyday leadership challenges with personalized 2-minute leadership tips - all in the format of a sleek, intuitive app.
Angel Investor
Dec 2021
https://www.1bstories.com/ 1Bstories a.k.a 1 Billion Stories, is an global content technology start-up that is changing the entire content ecosystem. Weve launched Vidiofy.ai, an AI powered content transformation engine helping brands and publishers turn text/audio/long-video based content into short form, vertical, mobile friendly, video content perfect for social media and direct marketing outreach at scale, in an instant. How does it work? Vidiofy offers 3 modes of conversions with more coming soon. Insert a URL to a blog or product page, copy and paste an entire article, or write a prompt "ChatGPT style" into our platform and watch it turn into a 60 second video with customized brand-safe templates for you in minutes. There are options to add an avatar or a narrator to add even more depth to your videos. (Well even clone your CEO for you) What used to involve a video production and editing team of 2-5 people now takes 1 staff and a couple button presses to create hundreds of videos every single month. Grow your audience on social media, add rich media to a standard text-based article, or send personalized direct marketing videos to your customers asking them to shop your latest collection. The possibilities are endless when you can use AI to generate videos at scale. Finally, brands and publishers can repurpose or create new video content and tell their stories in an instant. You have an incredible story to tell. Share it with the world.
Angel Investor
Nov 2021
Personal training. Made to fit your life. Here we go.
Board Member
Jul 2021
Alavi is a digital marketing management application that helps digital marketers optimize and expand online campaigns easily, quickly and effectively. Alavi is a cutting-edge SaaS application that uses artificial intelligence and automation to help businesses optimize and expand their online advertising campaigns while saving time. Developed by leading digital marketers, data scientists and marketing analytics experts, Alavi is used by ecommerce companies around the world and was ranked amongst the Top 20 start-ups on the planet at Web Summit, one the worldโ€™s most prestigious tech conferences.
Investor / LP
Apr 2020
Airbnb brought together some of the most talented and ambitious people from around the globe, who then built and scaled a very special company. Many of us were lucky enough to be early Airbnb employees, working through years of hyper-growth, across many disciplines. Now, in the spirit of being a host, we want to support ambitious new entrepreneurs as they embrace their new adventure. Companies we invest in get access to not just capital but also our wide breadth of experience and network. Our members are early Airbnb employees turned investors, entrepreneurs, and operators spread across the world. We have extensive backgrounds in engineering, product, growth, operations, brand, data science, marketplaces, international expansion, and policy. This expert network will supercharge the startups we back. We are global, ambitious, and ready to help.
Board Member and Angel Investor
Sep 2012
Undercurrent News is a seafood business news site, which give executives in the sector insight into price and supply trends they cannot get anywhere else. We set the news agenda for the global seafood business, as well as providing price data on key seafood commodities.
Experience ยท 12 entries
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Board (2)
2023
Partner
Jan 2023
Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally. The firm leads in โ€˜Day Zeroโ€™ investing, an approach to venture capital focused on partnering with founders pre-launch. Antler systematically removes capital and network constraints for early-stage technology entrepreneurs by providing co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. The firm is present in 27 cities across most leading technology ecosystems globally and has made over 1,300 investments into early-stage startups. Antler has been repeatedly recognized by Pitchbook as the worldโ€™s most active angel and seed-stage investor.
2022
Angel Investor
Apr 2022
Collaborate with your buyers in one centralised and trackable digital space, from first call to deal close and beyond. Imagine one link where you can consolidate sales content, video recordings, demo recordings, mutual action plans, proposals, forms/surveys, e-signature & more. Move your prospect along the buyer journey from outreach to post-demo, to proposal and then closed-won... All within one centralised space. 5000+ of the best revenue teams globally are seeing: - 28% Reduction in sales cycle time from first outreach to deal close - 13% Increase in closed won opps - 34% reduction in time to onboard new customers Get more revenue, quicker.
Angel Investor
Apr 2022
Stotles is unlocking the potential of business and government working better, together. Our all-in-one platform streamlines your public sector sales. Think millions of UK&I public sector opportunities in one view, tailored to you. Track buyers, partners & competitors and approach them with the right message, at the right time.
Angel Investor
Feb 2022
AI Operating System for Venture
Angel Investor
Feb 2022
Leland is a platform that helps people reach career and educational goals by connecting them with the coaching, courses, content, and community. Whether you are building your career, trying to get into school, upskilling, taking a test, or trying to reach any other goal, we can help you reach your goals. Join our community today to access events, free resources, and more.
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