James Westra works as a General Counsel and Managing Partner at Advent. The firm's known portfolio counts 21 companies.
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General Counsel and Managing Partner at Advent, whose known portfolio counts 21 companies
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Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors Consumer, FinTech, Healthcare and SaaS, and focus areas Biotech, D2C, Data Analytics and Enterprise SaaS fall inside that listing.
Stage-wise, the deals at Advent cluster around Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds.
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Colleagues at Advent
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Shantanu Deshpande
Advisor
South Delhi, India
James Mullen
Operating Partner
Needham, United States
James John Britto
Vice President
Mumbai, India
Atin Jain
Director
Mumbai, India
John Maldonado
Managing Partner
Boston, United States
Nicolas Chavanne
Managing Director
London, United Kingdom
Jeff Paduch
Managing Partner
Boston, United States
Shweta Jalan
Managing Partner
Mumbai, India
James Brocklebank
Managing Partner
London, United Kingdom
Chris Egan
Managing Partner
Boston, United States
Jason Karl
Managing Director
New York, United States
Abhishek Chauhan
Managing Director
Boston, United States
Rayan Kablan
Mentor
Advance, United States
Ranjan Sen
Managing Partner
Frankfurt, Germany
Bo Huang
Managing Director
Boston, United States
Bryan Taylor
Managing Partner
San Francisco, United States
Gunnar Rydning
Independent Regional Advisor
Oslo, Norway
Patrice Etlin
Managing Partner
São Paulo, Brazil
Michael Marshall
Managing Director
London, United Kingdom
Werner Geissler
Operating Partner
Munich, Germany
Frequently asked questions
Who is James Westra?
James Westra is a private equity investor based in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, listed as General Counsel and Managing Partner at Advent. The known portfolio of that firm counts 21 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to James Westra personally.
What does James Westra invest in?
Listed sectors include Consumer, FinTech, Healthcare and SaaS; listed focus areas include Biotech, D2C, Data Analytics and Enterprise SaaS. 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 Westra invest at?
Advent appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals, and James Westra is listed there as General Counsel and Managing Partner. 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 Westra listed at?
James Westra is listed as General Counsel and Managing Partner at Advent. 107 other people in the database share a firm with James Westra.
How do I contact James Westra?
A LinkedIn page is on file for James Westra. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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