James Geshwiler

Current

• Trustee at Massachsetts Technology Leadership Council
• Managing Director at CommonAngels

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
• University of California, Los Angeles
• The University of Texas at Austin

Recommended

3 people have recommended James

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

James Geshwiler’s Summary

Venture capital; private equity; young software companies.

James Geshwiler’s Specialties:

Software, early stage ventures

James Geshwiler’s Experience

• Trustee

  Massachsetts Technology Leadership Council

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

• Managing Director

  CommonAngels

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  June 1999 — Present (10 years 6 months)

  As Managing Director of CommonAngels, James runs one of the first formal venture capital investing networks and the largest in the Northeast. He joined CommonAngels in 1999 when it was an informal group of private investors, and since that time has grown it into a structured network that has invested $44 million from individual investors and two $10 million co-investment funds in 39 companies and worked with them through over 100 rounds of financing totaling over $270 million.
  
  James is on the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. He was the founding chairman of the Angel Capital Association, the professional alliance of angel groups that has grown from 46 groups as charter members to now over 144, representing over 6,500 investors. He also was the founding chairman of ACA’s sister organization, the Angel Capital Education Foundation, in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation.