Find your path to James
56 people in our graph share verified history with James — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Kevin WangunlockedJames: together at The Thiel Foundation (2015)
×2James: together at Flyp
×9James: together at The Thiel Foundation
About
James Kawas is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flyp, an e-commerce AI company that raised $15M to automate processes in the e-commerce industry. He previously founded Saily Inc, developer of a secondhand shopping app whose team joined Mercari in 2018 ahead of the company's IPO at a $4 billion valuation. Kawas is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and a recipient of the Thiel Fellowship, and was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2016.
Founder at Flyp
Intro paths
→
In turn, James can intro founders to Flyp's investors below.
Flyp's investors · 12
1517Telluride · $50K – $1M checks · since 20222048 VenturesNew York · $500K – $3M checksAfore CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checksAlante CapitalSanta Barbara · $1M – $5M checks · since 2022Asymmetric Capital PartnersBoston · $1M – $10M checks · since 2022BAM VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1M checks · since 2022GaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checks · since 2022Ground Up VenturesNew York · $500K – $1.5M checksInterlace VenturesNew York City · $200K – $600K checks · since 2022NextView VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $4M checksOutward VCLondon · $1.3M – $6.3M checksTectonic VenturesCambridge · since 2022
__Twitter.png)
Co-founders at Flyp
DA
Dani ArnaoutFounder
Experience
- FlypCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Kawas Capital, LLCPrivate Investor (VC Funds & Startups)current2020 — present
- MercariProduct Leadership ($4 Billion IPO Team $MCARY)2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Saily, IncCo-Founder & CEO (1M+ users)2013 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- The Thiel FoundationPeter Thiel Fellow2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Pheel, IncCo-Founder & Head of Product2011 — 2013
Skills & more
Product ManagementGrowth StrategiesFundraisingEntrepreneurshipProduct DesignMobile ApplicationsProduct DevelopmentCustomer AcquisitionConsumer ProductsE-commerceLeadershipCross-functional Team Leadership
+9 more
Public SpeakingProduct GrowthOnline MarketplaceApp Store OptimizationConsumer technologyMobile CommerceSocial commerceYouth EntrepreneurshipProduct StrategyLanguages Arabic · English · French
From James's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Kawas?
- James Kawas is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flyp, an e-commerce AI company that raised $15M to automate processes in the e-commerce industry. He previously founded Saily Inc, developer of a secondhand shopping app whose team joined Mercari in 2018 ahead of the company's IPO at a $4 billion valuation. Kawas is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and a recipient of the Thiel Fellowship, and was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2016.
- Where does James Kawas work?
- James Kawas is Founder of Flyp.
- What companies did James Kawas found?
- James Kawas founded Flyp.
Shared employers
Also worked at Flyp3
Also worked at Mercari4
Also worked at Saily, Inc1
Also worked at The Thiel Foundation51
Ritesh AgarwalFounder & CEO of OYOSebastian CaliriInvestment Team at 8VCKevin WangCEO, FOSSA Inc. at OSS CapitalAndrew BrackinPartner at Gradient investing across vertical AI, healthcare, and the application layerIan LeePrincipal at Signum CapitalDanielle StrachmanInvestor at NZVC
+ 45 more