Where does Tim Thimmaiah work?

Tim Thimmaiah is Principal at Black Jays Ventures and Board director at Type Five and Board director at Toneden.

What check size does Tim Thimmaiah write?

Tim Thimmaiah typically writes checks of $25K – $250K.

Where did Tim Thimmaiah go to school?

Tim Thimmaiah studied at University of California, Berkeley (B.S., Bioengineering); University of California, Santa Cruz (Business Management, Economics).

Tim Thimmaiah

Investor

Principal at Black Jays Ventures · Board director at Type Five · Board director at Toneden

Los Angeles, California

Writes $25K – $250K checks · typically $250K

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About

Principal at Black Jays who sources and vets deals and works with founders. A decade-long operator, most recently CEO and founder of ToneDen (acquired by Eventbrite in 2020); a designer and engineer now building Typefive.

Board director at Type Five

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Type Five's investors · 7

Backwards CapitalNew York · since 2024 Black Jays VenturesNew York · $250K – $500K checks · since 2024 Carbide VenturesPalo Alto · since 2024 Hawk Hill Venturessince 2024 Night CapitalCapitola · since 2024 Village GlobalCovina · $500K – $3M checks · since 2023 Zelda VenturesSan Francisco · $25K – $100K checks · since 2024

Board director at Toneden

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Toneden's investors · 1

Black Jays VenturesNew York · $250K – $500K checks · since 2015

Co-founders at Toneden

Ali ShakeriExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

Type FiveChief Executive Officercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Black Jays InvestmentsAdvisorcurrent2020 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
EventbriteEntrepreneur In Residence2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
EventbriteDirector of Product2020 — 2022Los Angeles, California, United States
ToneDenChief Executive Officer2015 — 2020Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
TeselaGen BiotechnologyFounding Engineer2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryResearch Affiliate2011 — 2013Berkeley, CA
City of Santa Cruz Economic Development OfficeProgram Director, Project for Innovation & Entrepreneurship2011 — 2012
City of Santa CruzDeveloper, Government 2.0 Task Force2010 — 2011Santa Cruz, California
WISE Environmental Solutions Inc.Researcher, Product Development2010 — 2011Watsonville, California
Tim ThimmaiahFreelance Design & Development2008 — 2011
Ketera TechnologiesUI Designer & Developer2009 — 2010San Jose, California
UC Santa CruzIT Support Technician2009
JackBeProduct Development, UI Design2006 — 2008Fremont, California

Skills & more

Product Development10Start-ups17User Experience5Agile Methodologies2Product Management5Software Engineering3Software Development1Graphic DesignMarketing Strategy1Product DesignWeb Development9Entrepreneurship5

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User Interface DesignUser InterfacejQueryJavaScriptPerlHTML 5JavaCSSMySQLPHPUnixPython

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Founder/GP at Black Jays Ventures

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Principal at Black Jays Ventures

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Investor at Black Jays, a fund backing founders building products and services for the modern needs of families

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Founder/GP at Black Jays Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Tim Thimmaiah?: Principal at Black Jays who sources and vets deals and works with founders. A decade-long operator, most recently CEO and founder of ToneDen (acquired by Eventbrite in 2020); a designer and engineer now building Typefive.
Where does Tim Thimmaiah work?: Tim Thimmaiah is Principal at Black Jays Ventures and Board director at Type Five and Board director at Toneden.
What check size does Tim Thimmaiah write?: Tim Thimmaiah typically writes checks of $25K – $250K.
Where did Tim Thimmaiah go to school?: Tim Thimmaiah studied at University of California, Berkeley (B.S., Bioengineering); University of California, Santa Cruz (Business Management, Economics).