Jim Andelman

Jim Andelman is co-founder and Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures. Jim has spent his entire career in and around enterprise software, and has been a VC investor for 20 years. Previously he founded and served as Managing Partner of predecessor firm Rincon Venture Partners. Before that, Jim led software investing at Broadview Capital Partners, a $250 million expansion-stage venture capital firm based in the Bay Area. Prior to BCP, Jim was a member of the Technology Investment Banking Group at Alex. Brown & Sons, where he concentrated on equity private placements for software companies. Jim began his career with Symmetrix, a boutique management consulting firm founded by a Bain & Co. founder, which helped to create strategic advantage through the application of technology. Jim serves on the Boards of Directors of Boulevard, Fuel50, KittyHawk, HG Insights, Qordoba, Rainforest QA, Rockbot, SteelHouse, Thankful, Think IQ and Vintra. He previously served on the Boards of Rentlytics (acquired by Realpage), Burstly (acquired by Apple), DataPop (acquired by Criteo), Divshot (acquired by Google), Cadforce (acquired by Neilsoft) and Packet Island (acquired by BroadSoft). Jim received his MBA with highest distinction (first in his class) from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, and his BS in Economics (magna cum laude) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Jim resides in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.