Where does James Lindenbaum work?

James Lindenbaum is Founder of Heroku and Founding Partner at Heavybit.

What check size does James Lindenbaum write?

James Lindenbaum typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.

What companies did James Lindenbaum found?

James Lindenbaum founded Heroku.

Where did James Lindenbaum go to school?

James Lindenbaum studied at Boston University (BS in Business Management, Finance).

James Lindenbaum

InvestorFounder

Founding Partner at Heavybit · Founder at Heroku

San Francisco, California, United States

Writes $500K – $5M checks

FoundedHeroku · YC

About

Co-founder of Heroku and Heavybit who established the firm as a fund focused solely on developer company go-to-market. Advises on developer product design and early go-to-market and serves as a board member to Begin.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Founder at Heroku YC W08

Intro paths

James went through Y Combinator (Winter 2008) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, James can intro founders to Heroku's investors below.

Heroku's investors · 3

Lowercase CapitalJackson Ritual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2008

Co-founders at Heroku

Orion HenryFounder

Adam WigginsFounder/CTO

Experience

Ink & SwitchFounder & Principal Investigatorcurrent2015 — present
HeavybitFounder & General Partnercurrent2012 — present
HerokuFounder & CEO2007 — 2013
Bitscribe, Inc.Principal2005 — 2007

Education

Boston UniversityBS in Business Management, Finance

Colleagues at Heavybit

Adam Jahnke

Other at Heavybit

Amir Zohrenejad

Part-time Partner at Heavybit

Andrea Echstenkamper

VP of Marketing at Heavybit

Andrew Park

Content and Communications at Heavybit

Events Coordinator at Heavybit

Jenny Gyllenberg

Other at Heavybit

Frequently asked questions

Who is James Lindenbaum?: Co-founder of Heroku and Heavybit who established the firm as a fund focused solely on developer company go-to-market. Advises on developer product design and early go-to-market and serves as a board member to Begin.
Where does James Lindenbaum work?: James Lindenbaum is Founder of Heroku and Founding Partner at Heavybit.
What does James Lindenbaum invest in?: James Lindenbaum invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software.
What check size does James Lindenbaum write?: James Lindenbaum typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
What companies did James Lindenbaum found?: James Lindenbaum founded Heroku.
Where did James Lindenbaum go to school?: James Lindenbaum studied at Boston University (BS in Business Management, Finance).