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James Kim

reachcapital.com

The son of a Marine-turned-cop dad and stay-at-home mom, James grew up in LA’s public magnet programs, finding his tribe among hardcore science and tech nerds. His love of STEM — for both its elegance and its power to improve lives — was forged during those years: stargazing from his backyard, interning at the LASD/LAPD crime lab, running a hand-coded anime file server off his laptop for otaku friends around the world. Partner at Reach Capital. He studied astrophysics at Yale, taught high-school mathematics through Teach For America and worked in college access and Yale admissions. After earning Stanford graduate degrees in business and education, he joined Reach to support technology founders. This investor is distinct from the existing Jona engineer and Arboretum Ventures associate with the same name.