James Massaquoi
James Massaquoi is a Senior Associate at Glasswing Ventures, working on the investment team. Before joining Glasswing, James spent three years at Osage Venture Partners, focusing on early-stage B2B technology investments across vertical SaaS, cybersecurity, and supply chain sectors. James also sourced or worked on Seed and Series A investments in multiple companies, including SoWork, FOUNT, Returnalyze, Incentivio, CIPIO, Trinsic, Verge, and Arcanna.AI.
Before his time in venture capital, James worked at Amazon as an Account Manager in the Mass Beauty Division, managing $300M in accounts with brands including L’Oreal, E.L.F, and Lego.
James started his career in entrepreneurship when he co-founded 360VR Technology, a software startup that utilized 3-D modeling technology to assist with building management, security, and emergency response. He co-led the venture through grant fundraising of over $300K and led sales to close multiple large enterprise clients.
James graduated from the University of Delaware with a B.A. in English. Outside of Glasswing, he is a Board Director and Treasurer for the Seybert Foundation and a University Innovation Fellow at the Stanford Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. The Philadelphia Business Journal named him one of the city’s 25 under 25.
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