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.

Articles by James Cham

How To Build An Automated Sales Outreach Engine For Startups with ColdIQ

Many B2B startups (and even larger organizations) are unable to be successful with their outbound sales strategy because they take a lazy, “batch-and-blast” approach. In a recent Mucker Growth Series...

Navigating the AI Sales Tools Landscape To Grow Your Startup With Blue Bowen

We had the privilege of hosting, Eugene “Blue” Bowen, Research Principal from G2, one of the leading software marketplaces and review sites that cover a broad range of B2B solutions....

Compensation Benchmarks for Early Stage Startups with Peter Walker

In this Mucker Growth Session, Peter Walker from Carta reviews insights and compensation benchmarks for early stage startups gathered from Carta’s extensive dataset of nearly 50,000 startups. In the evolving...

Legal 101 For Startups with Amanda Busch

In this Mucker Growth Session, Amanda Busch, General Counsel at Mucker, discusses the legal basics founders should consider when building their startup. Link to Slide Content: Mucker Growth Series –...

Buyer Journey Framework – The Secret To B2B Go-To-Market Success with Tony Yang

In this Mucker Growth Session, Tony Yang, Head of Growth at Mucker, walks through using a buyer’s journey framework to improve your customer’s experience and your conversion rates. Common Buyer...

Annual Financial Planning Best Practices for Startups with Debbie Rosler

In this Mucker Growth Session, Debbie Rosler from Burkland reviews best practices for building a startup annual financial plan. Objectives of Financial Planning for Startups There are 6 key objectives...