Where does James Wise work?

James Wise is Board director at Sketchfab.

What check size does James Wise write?

James Wise typically writes checks of $1M – $20M.

What boards does James Wise sit on?

James Wise holds tracked board seats at 3D Hubs.

Where did James Wise go to school?

James Wise studied at University of Oxford (MA, Politics, Philosophy & Economics); Manchester Grammar School.

James Wise

Investor

Board director at Sketchfab

London

Writes $1M – $20M checks · typically $10.5M

Find your path to James

549 people in our graph share verified history with James — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Carlos Gonzalez-CadenasunlockedJames: together at GoCardless (2017–2024)

×6James: together at University of Oxford

×4James: together at Techstars

James: together at GoCardless

About

James Wise, the youngest partner at a European Series A fund after an early promotion, emphasizes long-term founder relationships over near-term exits and authored Start-Up Century on entrepreneurship's societal effects.

Contact· published on James's own website

j•••@balderton.comreveal

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechHealthtechSaaS

Board director at Sketchfab

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Sketchfab's investors · 6

10x FoundersMünchen · $270K – $2.7M checks Balderton CapitalLondon · $5M – $50M checks FirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checks Kima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checks Partech VenturesBerlin · $200K – $50M checks TechstarsBoulder · $220K checks

Co-founders at Sketchfab

Cédric PinsonExecutive Officer, Director

Alban DenoyelCo-Founder & CEO

Pierre-Antoine PassetCo-Founder & CPO

Experience

Balderton CapitalPartnercurrent2012 — present
Department for Science, Innovation and TechnologyChair, Sovereign AI Unitcurrent2025 — presentUnited Kingdom
Prior LabsBoard Member2025 — 2026Freiburg
Kaia HealthBoard Member2018 — 2026Munich
GoCardlessBoard Observer2015 — 2025London, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Strategy41Venture Capital96

From James's professional profile.

Deals · 1

3D HubsBoard seat

via Balderton Capital · filed May 2019 · $19.6M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Investor

Charlie ConveoConvergence LabsCrowdcubeDeepset DemodeskDepopDetectify Forecast Geordie AI GoCardlessHubsJoltKaia HealthLevityOpbeatPrior LabsPusherReson8Sava TechnologySketchfab Sophia GeneticsTestGorillaTibber trawa

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

Frequently asked questions

Who is James Wise?: James Wise, the youngest partner at a European Series A fund after an early promotion, emphasizes long-term founder relationships over near-term exits and authored Start-Up Century on entrepreneurship's societal effects.
Where does James Wise work?: James Wise is Board director at Sketchfab.
What does James Wise invest in?: James Wise invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
What check size does James Wise write?: James Wise typically writes checks of $1M – $20M.
What boards does James Wise sit on?: James Wise holds tracked board seats at 3D Hubs.
What companies has James Wise invested in?: Investments tracked here include Charlie, Conveo, Convergence Labs, Crowdcube, Deepset, Demodesk, Depop, Detectify, Forecast, Geordie AI, GoCardless, Hubs, and 13 more.
Where did James Wise go to school?: James Wise studied at University of Oxford (MA, Politics, Philosophy & Economics); Manchester Grammar School.

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Shared employers

Also worked at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology25

Tom PageHead of Investor Relations at Cambridge Innovation Capital Ilana WisbyEntrepreneur in Residence at Cambridge Innovation Capital Gemma SiddallInvestment Associate (Sustainability) at University of Cambridge Enterprise Louise VilladsenManager at The Footprint Firm Tony RavenChair of Board and Consultation Committee at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund Alison CampbellInvestor at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund

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Also worked at Prior Labs3

Frank HutterAutoML Faculty at NEXT AI Mandeep SinghScout at Andreessen Horowitz Gabriele PapievyteAssociate at Inovia Capital

Also worked at Kaia Health16

Olivia MattaInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL Reilly HeineDirector, Platform at Oak HC/FT Vijay BarathanPartner at Optum Ventures Christian Lindegaard JepsenPartner at Heartcore Capital Peter LasingerFounder and Partner at 3VC Dainielle ThompsonExecutive Assistant at AUTHENTIC VENTURES

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Also worked at GoCardless21

Carlos Gonzalez-CadenasInvestor at Index Ventures Tom BlomfieldMonzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member.Grey BakerGeneral Partner at Y Combinator Stephen ChandlerManaging Partner at Notion Capital Georgia AbbottAssociate Director at Marlin Equity Partners Harry BriggsPartner at Astanor Ventures

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