James Everingham
InvestorFounderVenture Partner at Lobby Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $5M
FoundedGuild
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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
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SalesOperations ManagementWeb ApplicationsCrowdsourcingTelecommunicationsSix SigmaLanguage DevelopmentMentoringStrategic PlanningOpen SourceBrowsersData WarehousingLanguages English
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Investments
Investor
BraintrustHandle FinancialLookerNMachineThe RelishXoopit
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Colleagues 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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