James Everingham
InvestorFounderVenture Partner at Lobby Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $5M
FoundedGuild
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David MarcusunlockedJames: together at LightSpark (2022–2024)
James: together at LightSpark
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×4James: together at LiveOps
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Experience
- Guild.aiCEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MetaVP of Engineering, Developer Infrastructure2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Lobby CapitalVenture Partner2020 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
- LightsparkCofounder and SVP of Engineering2022 — 2024Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- FacebookVice President of Engineering, Novi / Payments2018 — 2022Menlo Park
- FacebookHead of Engineering, Instagram2015 — 2018
- YahooVice President of Engineering, Homepage and Verticals2014 — 2015Sunnyvale, CA
- Luminate IncCEO / Founder2012 — 2014Mountain View, CA
- Luminate IncCTO / Founder2008 — 2012
- LiveOpsCTO / Co-Founder2003 — 2008
- LiveOpsVice President of Engineering / Co-Founder2001 — 2003Palo Alto, CA
- Tellme NetworksSenior Director of Engineering1999 — 2001
- Netscape CommunicationsDirector of Engineering / Browser1995 — 1999
- Borland SoftwareSenior Engineer, Borland C++1992 — 1995
- Magee EnterprisesSenior Engineer1989 — 1991
- Logical Alternatives, Inc.Founder1987 — 1990
- Penn State UniversitySoftware Engineer, LCO1984 — 1986
Skills & more
ScalabilityCloud ComputingAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipManagementProject ManagementScrumProduct DesignRecruitingTeam LeadershipC++
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Investments
Investor
BraintrustHandle FinancialLookerNMachineThe RelishXoopit
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Colleagues at Lobby Capital
Abby Hipps
General Counsel at Lobby Capital
Buddy Arnheim
General Partner at Lobby Capital
Candice Faktor
Founder, CEO, speaker, and investor focused on unlocking human potential in the age of AI
Collin Wallace
General Partner at Lobby Capital
David Hornik
Founder of Lobby Capital
Eric Carlborg
General Partner at Lobby Capital
Howard Hartenbaum
Venture Partner at Lobby Capital
Jenna Lorenzano
Executive Assistant at Lobby Capital
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Candice Faktor
Founder, CEO, speaker, and investor focused on unlocking human potential in the age of AI
Eric Carlborg
General Partner at Lobby Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Everingham?
- Venture Partner at Lobby Capital
- Where does James Everingham work?
- James Everingham is Founder of Guild and Venture Partner at Lobby Capital.
- What check size does James Everingham write?
- James Everingham typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
- What companies did James Everingham found?
- James Everingham founded Guild.
- What companies has James Everingham invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Braintrust, Handle Financial, Looker, NMachine, The Relish, Xoopit.
- Where did James Everingham go to school?
- James Everingham studied at Penn State University (Computer Science).
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Also attended Penn State University514
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Shared employers
Also worked at Guild.ai1
Also worked at Meta466
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
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Also worked at Yahoo516
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
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