Investor profile
James Steel
Corporate VC, Private equity, Venture capital & Head of Growth Capital at Fuel Ventures 🚀, Investor at Velocity Incubator
James Steel works as an Investor at Velocity Incubator. The firm's known portfolio counts 54 companies.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Head of Growth Capital at Fuel Ventures 🚀, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Levellr
- Curvo AI
- JAAQ
- Arrival
- Flexzo Ai
- WealthAI
- Allocation Strategy
- Deaku
- Karavel.ai
- Locai
Investor at Velocity Incubator, whose known portfolio counts 54 companies
- Mira
- Hyivy Health
- Pitstop
- Kuru
- Joyned
- TIER Mobility
- Fermah
- Finloup
- ZUZU Hospitality
- BYHOURS
- Spotawheel
- Versos AI Inc
- and 42 more
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Climate, Consumer and Education, and focus areas AI Applications, AR/VR, Clean Energy and Developer Tools fall inside that listing.
Velocity Incubator appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether James Steel matches their raise.
Colleagues
Ajay Juneja
Operating Partner
Mountain View, United States
Mark Pearson
Founder
United Kingdom
Sashi Kanth
Leading Investments & Growth
Bengaluru, India
Diksha Khemani
E-Commerce Investment Lead
Bengaluru, India
Lubabah Kundan
Investor
Bengaluru, India
Rahul Gupta
Investment Professional
Bengaluru, India
Oli Hammond
Partner
London, United Kingdom
Jingjing Xu
Partner
London, United Kingdom
Shiv Patel
Partner
London, United Kingdom
Shane Happach
Advisor
Singapore
Michael Burnett
Managing Partner
London, United Kingdom
Stan Williams
Angel Investor
United Kingdom
Shabnam Taj
E-commerce Investments Lead - Growth
Bengaluru, India
Akshay Chauhan
Investment Manager
India
Balakumaran Mohandoss
AVP, Investments
Bengaluru, India
Frequently asked questions
Who is James Steel?
James Steel is a corporate venture investor and private equity investor based in London, England, United Kingdom, listed as Investor at Velocity Incubator. The known portfolio of that firm counts 54 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to James Steel personally.
What does James Steel invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Consumer and Education; listed focus areas include AI Applications, AR/VR, Clean Energy and Developer Tools. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does James Steel invest at?
Velocity Incubator appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and James Steel is listed there as Investor. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is James Steel listed at?
James Steel is listed as Investor at Velocity Incubator. 15 other people in the database share a firm with James Steel.
How do I contact James Steel?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for James Steel. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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