Investor profile
James Weis
Accelerator, Syndicate / Angel group, Venture capital & Investor at MIT Alumni Angels Boston, Partner at Nest.Bio, Instructor at MIT Media Lab
James Weis is an Instructor at MIT Media Lab, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI ApplicationsAR/VRAffective ComputingBiotechComputer VisionDigital HealthDrug DiscoveryEdTechGenomicsMachine LearningMental HealthPharmaPhysical ComputingVenture Creation
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Investor at MIT Alumni Angels Boston, whose known portfolio counts 8 companies
- CLIPr
- Qashio
- Woof
- BossaBox
- TissueLabs
- Diesel Labs
- Arth
- Fishtag
Partner at Nest.Bio, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals
- Senti Biosciences
- Platelet BioGenesis
- Engine Biosciences
- PAQ Therapeutics
- DeepVerse
- RootPath
- Bota Biosciences
- POINTS Technology
Instructor at MIT Media Lab, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Spatial
- Culture Biosciences
- SendFriend
- Hamama
- Tailbox
- W8X
- Cortico
- Learning Beautiful
- Move38
- PubPub
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Education, Hardware and Healthcare, and focus areas AI Applications, AR/VR, Affective Computing and Biotech fall inside that listing.
Stage-wise, the deals at MIT Media Lab cluster around Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether James Weis is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Habib Haddad
Research Affiliate
Boston, United States
Ric Fulop
Visiting Scientist, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
Lexington, United States
Jeffrey Walker
Advisory Board
Palm Beach Gardens, United States
Daphne Teo
Partner
Singapore
Jeffrey Lu
Partner
Singapore
Cheryl Cui
Partner
Boston, United States
Lorena Dai
Investor
Cambridge, United States
Yuexin Zhou
Managing Director
Beijing, China
Frequently asked questions
Who is James Weis?
James Weis is an accelerator partner and syndicate member based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, listed as Instructor at MIT Media Lab. The known portfolio of that firm counts 10 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to James Weis personally.
What does James Weis invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Education, Hardware and Healthcare; listed focus areas include AI Applications, AR/VR, Affective Computing and Biotech. 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 Weis invest at?
MIT Media Lab appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and James Weis is listed there as Instructor. 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 Weis listed at?
James Weis is listed as Instructor at MIT Media Lab. 8 other people in the database share a firm with James Weis.
How do I contact James Weis?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for James Weis. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no phone number for this profile.
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