James Smits

Founder at Andrena, Inc.

63 year

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James is a Venture Partner at Hypothesis and is also Co-Founder/COO at Andrena.
Prior to Hypothesis and Andrena, he was a Venture Partner at both KohFounders (pre seed fund) and Beta Bridge Capital (seed fund).
He was also the Program Director at Tigerlabs and was a Business Development Associate at Banyan Water.
He was also an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne and holds an AB in Economics from Princeton University.

James Smits active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Andrena, Inc. Andrena, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Andrena, Inc. operates as an internet service provider. The firm offers wireless broadband communication services. The company was founded by Neil Chatterjee and James P. Smits and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Founder	2017-12-31
Beta Bridge Capital Management LLC Beta Bridge Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Beta Bridge Capital Management LLC (Beta Bridge Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Bertrand Navarrete and Bong Koh. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.	Private Equity Investor	2015-08-31
Hypothesis Ventures Hypothesis Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Hypothesis Ventures (Hypothesis Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Bong Dug Koh and John Ryu. The frim is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.	Private Equity Investor	2019-12-31

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Former positions of James Smits

Companies	Position	End
Kohfounders Management LLC Kohfounders Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Kohfounders Management LLC (Kohfounders) is an venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Bong Koh. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.	Private Equity Investor	2018-12-31
Tigerlabs LLC Tigerlabs LLC Investment ManagersFinance Tigerlabs LLC (Tigerlabs) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Bertrand Navarrete. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.	Private Equity Investor	2017-04-30
SUPERVALU INC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	2008-12-31
WINN-DIXIE STORES, INC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Private companies	7
SUPERVALU, Inc. SUPERVALU, Inc. Food DistributorsDistribution Services SUPERVALU, Inc. engages in the distribution of grocery and other products and provision of logistics and professional service solutions to retailers. It operates through the Wholesale and Retail segments. The Wholesale segment engages in wholesale distribution to independently-owned retail food stores and other customers. The Retail segment includes the sale of groceries at retail locations of its operations. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, WA.	Distribution Services
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. Food RetailRetail Trade Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. is a food retailer operating under Winn-Dixie banner. It has retail stores in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi in the Southeastern United States. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.	Retail Trade
Kohfounders Management LLC Kohfounders Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Kohfounders Management LLC (Kohfounders) is an venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Bong Koh. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.	Finance
Beta Bridge Capital Management LLC Beta Bridge Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Beta Bridge Capital Management LLC (Beta Bridge Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Bertrand Navarrete and Bong Koh. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.	Finance
Andrena, Inc. Andrena, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Andrena, Inc. operates as an internet service provider. The firm offers wireless broadband communication services. The company was founded by Neil Chatterjee and James P. Smits and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Communications
Hypothesis Ventures Hypothesis Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Hypothesis Ventures (Hypothesis Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Bong Dug Koh and John Ryu. The frim is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.	Finance
Tigerlabs LLC Tigerlabs LLC Investment ManagersFinance Tigerlabs LLC (Tigerlabs) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Bertrand Navarrete. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.	Finance

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