About
James Fearis is a Vice President in Level Equity's New York office, where he builds relationships with founders of growth-stage software and tech-enabled services companies and works on new investments in those areas. Before Level, he spent six years at K1, a Los Angeles private equity firm focused on mid-market enterprise software. He earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce & Economics from the University of Western Australia.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- Level EquityVice Presidentcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- K1 Investment ManagementVice President2022 — 2024Los Angeles, California, United States
- Columbia Business SchoolMBA Candidate2021 — 2022
- accessiBeStrategic Partnerships2020
- K1 Investment ManagementAssociate2016 — 2020Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Goldman SachsInstitutional Securities Intern2014 — 2015Greater Sydney Area
- TSA Telco GroupConsultant2010 — 2015Greater Perth Area
Skills & more
Management5Analysis4Foreign Exchange12Equities10Financial Analysis16Customer Service5Financial Modeling3Microsoft Excel6Due Diligence4Equity Research2Trading1Mergers & Acquisitions1
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Capital MarketsSalesFrom James's professional profile.
Colleagues at Level Equity
Aimee-Marie Holland
Executive Assistant at Level Equity
Amanda Mertes
Operating Expert, Operations and M&A at Level Equity
Amy Kramer
Head of NLO Go To Market at Level Equity
Arthur Tingas
Principal at Level Equity
Barry Osherow
Partner, Structured Capital at Level Equity
Basmat Al-Sabbah Fareed
Associate at Sawari Ventures
Ben Levin
Co-Founder and CEO at Level Equity
Ben Magleby
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Level Equity
Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Fearis?
- James Fearis is a Vice President in Level Equity's New York office, where he builds relationships with founders of growth-stage software and tech-enabled services companies and works on new investments in those areas. Before Level, he spent six years at K1, a Los Angeles private equity firm focused on mid-market enterprise software. He earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce & Economics from the University of Western Australia.
- Where does James Fearis work?
- James Fearis is Vice President at Level Equity.
- What does James Fearis invest in?
- James Fearis invests in Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where did James Fearis go to school?
- James Fearis studied at Columbia Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurial Studies); The University of Western Australia (Bachelor of Commerce and Economics); UCLA (Exchange).
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