Jim Madden

Co-CEO Carrick Capital Partners, Chairman Genpact. Private Equity investor focused on fast-growing software and software-enabled companies

📍 Newport Beach, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 32 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States20+ investmentsInvested this year
32
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7
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3
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9
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21y
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Portfolio

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Jul 2024
Blackwell Captive Solutions is a leading provider of innovative captive solutions and empowers businesses to optimize their risk financing strategies by designing and implementing customized captive solutions that align with their unique risk profiles and business objectives. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Blackwell Captive Solutions serves a diverse portfolio of clients across various industries, offering comprehensive services in captive formation, management, and consulting. Learn more at BlackwellCaptive.com.
Board Member & Investor
Apr 2021
The leader in On-Demand Pay and #1 adopted financial wellness benefit. Because life doesnt wait and neither should your pay. Trusted by 1,000+ employers.
Board Member & Investor
Aug 2020
Flatiron School trains passionate, creative people so they can launch a new career in code, data science, or cybersecurity. It’s our goal to show students that programming is more than the mechanics of writing code or a route to a fulfilling career. It’s a collaborative endeavor that can help them find work they love.
Board Member
Feb 2019
Axiom Managed Solutions is now Factor. https://www.linkedin.com/company/factor-law/ AMS is the leader in next-generation solutions for complex legal work at scale. Clients turn to AMS for real solutions to big problems, ranging from one-off regulatory projects to long-term managed services. AMS leverages modernized processes, smart resourcing constructs, and the best of legal technology to help clients overcome the limitations of the traditional in-house and law firm models. The company is comprised of more than 500 lawyers, legal specialists, technologists, and process consultants across Europe and North America.
Investor
Feb 2019
Knowable gives corporate clients revolutionary visibility into the contracts that govern their businesses. By combining proprietary machine learning with purpose-built tooling and scalable facilities for human QC, Knowable enables a full contracts intelligence solution for the enterprise.
early stageLegal Services
Board Member
Feb 2019
Over the last decade, we helped define the alternative legal services market. As an independent company, Factor defines a new category in the legal ecosystem, bringing together the strengths of Traditional Law, New Law and In-house Law to solve complex legal work at scale. We call this new category Integrated Law.
early stageLaw Practice
Board Member
Jun 2018
Exiger is revolutionizing the way corporations, government agencies and banks navigate risk and compliance in their third-parties, supply chains and customers through its software and tech-enabled solutions. Exiger’s mission is to make the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed. Empowering its 550 customers across the globe, including 150 in the Fortune 500 and over 50 government agencies, with award-winning AI technology, Exiger leads the way in ESG, cyber, financial crime, third-party and supply chain management. Its work has been recognized by 40+ AI, RegTech and Supply Chain partner awards and named a 2023 Fast Company Brand That Matters. Learn more at Exiger.com and follow Exiger on LinkedIn. WANT TO WORK WITH US? Exiger is hiring! We have many exciting global opportunities across our business. Please visit our Careers page at https://www.exiger.com/careers/ to view our open positions.
Investor
Apr 2018
Our AI-powered identity platform manages and governs human and non-human access to all of an organizations applications, data, and business processes. Customers trust us to safeguard their digital assets, drive operational efficiency, and reduce compliance costs. Built for the AI age, we help organizations safely accelerate their deployment and usage of AI today. We are recognized as a leader in identity security, with solutions that protect and empower the world’s leading brands, Fortune 500 companies, and government institutions.
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Nov 2017
Infinia ML applies machine learning to knowledge work. The company’s intelligent document processing platform reads, extracts, and comprehends key information from legal records, medical protocols, insurance claims, and more. The platform doesn’t just find words on a page – it understands them in the context of visual structure and layout. Infinia ML’s technology generates data liquidity that enables the automation of manual tasks and empowers the discovery of transformative business insights in processed documents, like: -The patients most likely to return to the hospital. - Key risks in proposals and contracts. Enterprise leaders, technology innovators, and government partners trust Infinia ML on critical projects with sensitive data.
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Jan 2017
Our core philosophy infuses everything we do at Perfect Sense and boils down to three clear principles: - Always Deliver - Commit to the Success of Every Project - Live in Your Shoes Perfect Sense is a full-service product company that capitalizes on its enterprise digital application development platform, Brightspot, to drive innovations in web and mobile development for corporations worldwide. Perfect Sense originally created and now actively supports the Brightspot platform, which powers dynamic and highly engaging consumer experiences. Such leading corporations as Johnson & Johnson, Walmart, Univision, US News and World Report, Scripps Networks Interactive, Special Olympics, and many more are deploying Brightspot’s platform to materially change the way they do business online. Our partners benefit significantly from having increased flexibility as business requirements change, the ability to launch new sites and make updates more quickly, and fewer resource requirements to manage their digital initiatives. As Brightspot’s adoption rate increases, our partners continue to drive valuable enhancements that benefit everyone. Our capabilities include product strategy and development, experience and visual design, multi-platform software development, content services, SEO analysis, and 24x7 hosting and operations. Our expertise enables us to deliver integrated web systems for our partners, including innovative websites, publishing platforms, online revenue programs, and metrics dashboards that drive brand awareness, expand capabilities, improve performance, and build relationships between publishers and users. We are based in Reston, VA. http://www.perfectsensedigital.com/about-us/careers/
late stageInternet
Investor
Jan 2017
For modern content teams who wish to efficiently create and share their content, Brightspot delivers unmatched speed, customizability, ease and access to expertise. Unlike other CMS platforms, we fit seamlessly into your business goals, provide instant expert assistance and offer one-of-a-kind ease and adaptability that supercharges today’s dynamic and driven content teams. Our platform will help your editors and developers to move at lightning speed, with excellence, utilizing intuitive publishing processes, customized work streams and collaboration features. This means you can seamlessly deliver what you want to your audience without compromise, accelerating your time-to-value.
Board Member
Sep 2016
InstaMed, a J.P. Morgan company, is part of the firm’s Healthcare Payments business that supports clients across the Corporate and Investment Bank, Commercial Bank and Chase Business Bank. J.P. Morgan Healthcare Payments has integrated InstaMed’s solutions to deliver an end-to-end suite of payments, treasury, and banking solutions to healthcare organizations of all sizes. InstaMed powers a better healthcare payments experience and connects consumers, providers and payers for every healthcare payment transaction. InstaMed’s patented, private cloud-based technology securely transforms healthcare payments by driving electronic transactions, processing payments and moving healthcare data seamlessly, and improving consumer satisfaction. Consumers, providers and payers benefit from InstaMed’s exclusive focus on healthcare, integration into any healthcare IT system, robust analytics and proven scale.
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Aug 2015
Discovery Health Partners is now a MultiPlan Company.
Investor
May 2015
Saama develops life science solutions that accelerate the delivery of therapies to patients. With innovative AI technologies, Saama drives breakthrough intelligence into clinical and commercial operations. The Saama platform powered the clinical trial that led to the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine. Headquartered in Campbell, CA, with employees around the globe, Saama is committed to helping customers save and improve lives. Discover more at saama.com.
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Feb 2015
Seven Lakes Technologies reimagines how companies engage with and use their insights. We help shape your business by equipping individuals at every level of an organization with data that lets them make a difference. Seven Lakes Technologies aligns people to drive meaningful change and create a thriving organization. With the ability to share and act toward your collective vision, your doers become difference-makers—inspired to impact the larger whole. Seven Lakes Technologies was founded in 2009 by Shiva Rajagopalan, an oil and gas industry expert, who developed an enterprise software platform designed to give upstream oil and gas operators better insight into the data they need to eliminate inefficiencies in their drilling and production operations. The company’s technology visualizes over 100,000 wells and serves more than 30 independent and mid-major oil companies across the country including Denver, Houston, Dallas, Midland, Pittsburgh and Oklahoma City. Seven Lakes Technologies has offices in Los Angeles, Irvine and Bangalore (India).
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2025
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Oct 2025
Veritas Prime, guided by the principles of "Truth and Excellence," is unwaveringly committed to delivering unparalleled service to our clients. As a leading consulting firm specializing in Human Experience Management (HXM) technology, particularly SAP SuccessFactors software, we excel in a range of services beyond Human Capital Management (HCM) implementations. Our expertise extends to project advisory, support, and product development, positioning Veritas Prime as a distinguished SAP service partner, build partner, and sell partner. In late 2023, Veritas Prime earned the prestigious distinction of "Mid Market Partner of the Year." This recognition underscores our proven proficiency and competencies in HR cloud solutions, demonstrated through the training and certification of our team members, successful project experiences, a track record of customer satisfaction (as attested by our clients), and the submission of comprehensive business development plans. In addition to their US locations, Veritas Prime has operations in Peru, UK, and India.
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Sep 2025
Intelligo is the world’s leading risk intelligence platform, blending artificial intelligence and human expert analysis to generate a 360° view of any person or company. We specialize in pre-investment and investment due diligence, continuous subject monitoring, and executive background checks, so that financial institutions, corporations, and investors alike can uncover the facts, best assess the risk and make informed decisions. Learn more at www.intelligo.ai
2024
Board Member and Investor
Aug 2024
OnPay is a fast-growing software company that offers small businesses and accountants the best payroll in the cloud backed up by a team of helpful, friendly experts. And as a payroll service provider with more than 30 years of experience, we know how to get it right.  Whether business owners have three employees or 1,000, OnPay makes payroll fast and easy. We also serve nonprofits, restaurants, religious organizations, and ag businesses without skipping a beat. Fair pricing without hidden costs has always been one of our hallmarks. OnPay may have gotten more powerful over the years, but our clients still get unlimited pay runs for hourly, salaried, tipped workers, and contractors for one low fee. Pay employees, automate tax payments and filings, and rely on OnPays guarantee that everything will be error-free. PC magazine rates OnPay as "Excellent "saying, "Its an excellent choice for many small businesses, and even those with advanced needs."​ Entrepreneurs list of the best small business payroll solutions calls OnPay "an easy, quick, mobile-friendly system that doesnt require a steep learning curve."​ OnPay is much more than just payroll software. Were licensed health insurance brokers, and we offer fully-integrated 401(k) plans, wherever you do business. Plus we offer business-friendly, pay-as-you-go workers​ compensation. OnPay continues to invest in improving customer experience and expanding our offerings to give small businesses unmatched levels of support. OnPay is headquartered in Atlanta. To find out more about careers with OnPay, please visit onpay.com/jobs-and-careers. For helpful videos, please subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/c/onpayinc.
Investor
Jul 2024
Blackwell Captive Solutions is a leading provider of innovative captive solutions and empowers businesses to optimize their risk financing strategies by designing and implementing customized captive solutions that align with their unique risk profiles and business objectives. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Blackwell Captive Solutions serves a diverse portfolio of clients across various industries, offering comprehensive services in captive formation, management, and consulting. Learn more at BlackwellCaptive.com.
2022
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Jun 2022
Bishop Fox is recognized as the leading authority in offensive security, providing solutions ranging from continuous penetration testing, red teaming, and attack surface management to product, cloud, and application security assessments. Enterprises have been told that breaches are inevitable. But we don’t accept that. We focus on offensive security because we believe securing modern organizations requires a "forward defense" approach that proactively uncovers and eliminates exposures before they are exploited. Over the past 20 years, we’ve worked with more than 25% of the Fortune 100, 8 of the top 10 global tech companies, and hundreds of other organizations to improve their security. Security isn’t just a job to us. We do this because we love it — and because were committed to the common good. In fact, we have authored 20+ open-source tools, shared groundbreaking research, and published more than 50 security advisories in the last 5 years. Learn more about us at bishopfox.com or follow us on X @bishopfox for the latest updates.
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