Jim Andelman

Bio

Jim Andelman is co-founder and Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures. Jim has spent his entire career in and around enterprise software, and has been a VC investor for 16 years. Previously he founded and served as Managing Partner of predecessor firm Rincon Venture Partners. Before that, Jim led software investing at Broadview Capital Partners, a $250 million expansion-stage venture capital firm based in the Bay Area. Prior to BCP, Jim was a member of the Technology Investment Banking Group at Alex. Brown & Sons (and its successor, Deutsche Bank Securities). There, he concentrated on equity private placements and initial public offerings for software companies. Jim began his career with Symmetrix, a boutique management consulting firm founded by a Bain & Co. founder, which helped to create strategic advantage through the application of technology. Jim serves on the Boards of Directors of Campus Explorer, Conversion Logic, Keen IO, Qordoba, Rentlytics, Rainforest QA, Rockbot, SteelHouse and Tradesy. He previously served on the Boards of Cadforce (acquired by Neilsoft), Packet Island (acquired by BroadSoft), Burstly (acquired by Apple), DataPop (acquired by Criteo), Divshot (acquired by Google) and Shift (acquired by Brand Networks). Jim received his MBA with highest distinction (first in his class) from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, and his BS in Economics (magna cum laude) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.