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Jim Adler

Investor

Managing Director at Toyota Ventures · Advisor; Founding Managing Director, Toyota AI Ventures at Nauto Connected Car

Los Altos, California

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M

About

Jim Adler is Founder and General Partner at Toyota Ventures. Previously, he founded VoteHere, a cryptographic voting technology company that raised over $25 million from investors including Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, and Entrust, and served as Vice President of Data Systems and Chief Privacy Officer at Intelius following its acquisition of VoteHere's identity theft business. He also led products and marketing at Microsoft following its acquisition of Metanautix, a big data analytics startup, and has advised the Department of Homeland Security on data privacy and integrity matters.

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Advisor; Founding Managing Director, Toyota AI Ventures at Nauto Connected Car

Intro paths

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Nauto Connected Car's investors · 11

Allianz XBMW i VenturesMountain View · $10M checksDnx VenturesTokyo · $1M – $5M checksGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checksManiv MobilityTel Aviv · $2M – $126M checksMudita VentureDetroit · $500K – $1M checksPlayground GlobalPalo Alto · $1M – $20M checksSoftBank Vision FundLondonStellantis VenturesToyota VenturesLos AltosTrucks VCSan Francisco

Co-founders at Nauto Connected Car

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Heck StefanExecutive Officer, Director
SHStefan Heck
Stefan HeckFounder & Chief Executive Officer
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Frederick SooCo-Founder & CTO (former)

Experience

  1. Toyota VenturesFounder & General Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Joby AviationBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
  3. Joby AviationInvestorcurrent2017 — present
  4. MoodifyBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  5. Intuition RoboticsBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  6. SLAMcore LimitedBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  7. Toyota Research InstituteExecutive Advisorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. Toyota Research InstituteVice President2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Toyota Research InstituteDirector, Data & Business Development2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  10. RevelBoard Member2020 — 2026
  11. JetBlue VenturesInvestment Committee Member2018 — 2023
  12. Toyota Financial Savings BankBoard Member2019 — 2021Henderson, Nevada
  13. US Department of Homeland SecurityData Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee2013 — 2020Washington D.C. Metro Area
  14. MicrosoftPrincipal Program Manager, Azure Data2016San Francisco Bay Area
  15. Metanautix (acquired by Microsoft)Vice President, Products/Marketing & Chief Privacy Officer2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  16. InteliusVice President, Data Systems & Chief Privacy Officer2008 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
  17. Identity.netPresident & CTO2007 — 2008Greater Seattle Area
  18. VoteHereFounder & CEO1998 — 2007Greater Seattle Area
  19. Lockheed MartinSenior Rocket Engineer1987 — 1993Greater San Diego Area

Skills & more

Start-ups99Big Data99Security80Entrepreneurship66Data Privacy64E-commerce52Technical Leadership50Product Development35Cloud Computing27Software Development20Strategic Partnerships20Executive Management18
+5 moreAgile MethodologiesLeadershipTeam LeadershipStrategyStrategic Planning

From Jim's professional profile.

Colleagues at Toyota Ventures

Chris Abshire
Principal at Toyota Ventures
David Sokolic
Partner at Toyota Ventures
Ethan Sohn
Principal at Toyota Ventures
Jay Patel
Analyst at Toyota Ventures
Lisa Coca
Partner, Climate Fund at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Natalie Fonseca Licciardi
Managing Partner at Toyota Ventures
Sylvia Tobé
Managing Director at JDRF T1D Fund
Uria Lin
Principal at Elron Ventures

Network2

Anik Bose
General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
David Sokolic
Partner at Toyota Ventures

Investors connected to Jim in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jim Adler?
Jim Adler is Founder and General Partner at Toyota Ventures. Previously, he founded VoteHere, a cryptographic voting technology company that raised over $25 million from investors including Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, and Entrust, and served as Vice President of Data Systems and Chief Privacy Officer at Intelius following its acquisition of VoteHere's identity theft business. He also led products and marketing at Microsoft following its acquisition of Metanautix, a big data analytics startup, and has advised the Department of Homeland Security on data privacy and integrity matters.
Where does Jim Adler work?
Jim Adler is Managing Director at Toyota Ventures and Advisor; Founding Managing Director, Toyota AI Ventures at Nauto Connected Car.
What check size does Jim Adler write?
Jim Adler typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
Where did Jim Adler go to school?
Jim Adler studied at University of Florida (Bachelor of Science with High Honors, Electrical Engineering); UC San Diego (Master of Science, Computer Science and Engineering).

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Also attended University of Florida151

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Also attended UC San Diego307

Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalMark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesChester NgGeneral Partner at AtomicBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at Medicxi

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Shared employers

Also worked at Intuition Robotics1

Paolo PirjanianVenture Partner at Calibrate Ventures

Also worked at SLAMcore Limited3

Richard CrosfieldDirector at Presidio VenturesAmelia ArmourPartner at Amadeus Capital PartnersMina SamaanGeneral Partner at MMC Ventures

Also worked at Revel3

Mike GranoffFounder and Managing Partner at Maniv MobilityZach HerakVenture Fellow at IDEA Fund PartnersLuke LombardiFounder at Beam

Also worked at JetBlue Ventures14

Arielle RingPresident at SKY VCRyan ChouManaging Director of Investments at SKY VCJennifer CruscaPrincipal of Operations & Partnerships at SKY VCStefan SandovalPrincipal at SKY VCEliza DragomirSenior Analyst at SKY VCAdrianna SamaniegoPartner at Cherryrock Capital

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