James Swingos
Former Partner at General Catalyst
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Writes $5K – $25K checks · typically $10K
Find your path to James
Sign up to find every way you can get introduced to James
- Your email: the people you already email who know James
- 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: people you know who worked, studied or invested with James
- Your LinkedIn: the connections who can make the intro for you
We rank every route by how warm it is, so you raise on warm intros instead of cold emails.
Experience
- General IntuitionCOOcurrent2025 — present
- Medal.tvCOOcurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- General CatalystPartner2020 — 2023New York, New York, United States
- Harvard Student AgenciesPresident2019 — 2020Cambridge, MA
- IvychatCo-founder2018 — 2019Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Campus InsightsCEO2018 — 2019
- Campus InsightsHead of Business Development2017 — 2018Greater Boston
Skills & more
Public Speaking25Leadership19Management4Research12Project Management10Financial Analysis9Microsoft Office2
Languages Spanish
From James's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Swingos?
- Angel
- What check size does James Swingos write?
- James Swingos typically writes checks of $5K – $25K.
- Where did James Swingos go to school?
- James Swingos studied at Harvard University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Hawken School.
Same school
Also attended Harvard University2,000
Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalRon ConwayFounder of SV AngelAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Hawken School17
Bob LordInnovation Fund Administrator at Alliance of AngelsJack GroetzingerVenture Partner at Teamworthy VenturesRyan BarrettChief Legal and Business Officer at atai Life SciencesMax ArtzPartner at Peterson Venture PartnersErica DorfmanScout at Greylock PartnersKouki HarasakiAnalyst at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
+ 11 more
Shared employers
Also worked at General Intuition9
Niko BonatsosFounder and Managing Partner of VerdictLia ZhangInvestor at Makers FundBradley WelchManaging Partner at Joyance PartnersTon van 't NoordendeGeneral Partner at QDNL ParticipationsCorné JansenPartner at InkefMoritz Baier-LentzPartner at Bitkraft Esports Ventures
+ 3 more
Also worked at Medal.tv7
Lia ZhangInvestor at Makers FundAlex BrunickiCo-Founder, Partner at BackedTeddy ChatjavalInvestor at Horizons VenturesMayra TamaPrincipal at Initial CapitalPaula HübnerPrincipal at La FamigliaPim de WitteCo-founder at General Intuition
+ 1 more
Also worked at General Catalyst147
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Alexis AbramsPartner, General Counsel at Felicis VenturesAlex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystChris BischoffInvestment Team at General Catalyst
+ 141 more
Also worked at Harvard Student Agencies21
Austin KwounAnalyst at .406 VenturesLarry ChengCo-Founder, Volition CapitalJuliet FitzgeraldAnalyst at Volition CapitalShuya GongDesign & Futures at IDEO CoLab VenturesBecca GilmoreInvestor at Silversmith Capital PartnersJadyn BrydenVenture Partner at Xfund
+ 15 more



.png)





























