James Cham
Partner, Bloomberg Beta
James is a partner at Bloomberg Beta, a venture firm affiliated with Bloomberg LP. James previously invested with Trinity Ventures, with over five years of investing experience in consumer services, enterprise software and digital media companies. Prior to Trinity, James was a Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners where he was instrumental in eight new investments in consumer internet services, security and digital media sectors along with a number of seed investments. Before Bessemer, James was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group where he developed marketing strategies for entertainment and IT companies. Earlier, he built web applications for start ups as a Principal at Zefer and developed IT systems for Fortune 500 companies as a software developer at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). While at Bessemer, James was a board member at CrowdFlower and Open Candy and a board observer at LifeLock, ReputationDefender, Sonic Mule and BillShrink. James holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management and an AB in Computer Science from Harvard College.
Content & Articles by James Cham
Setting Up A Founder-Led Organic LinkedIn Content Machine With Claude
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Jonathan Martinez, founder and CEO of GrowthPair, to share how founder-led LinkedIn content took his startup from zero to $1M in annual...
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos, to share...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...
2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...
Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...
The 10 Security Gaps That Plague Startups Before Their A Round
A NOTE ON SEVERITY Not every item on this list carries the same level of risk. Some are the kind of finding that stops a deal. Others are serious but...