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James Tamplin

Overview

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James Tamplin is based out of San Francisco, California. James previously worked at Firebase as a co-founder. James Tamplin attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Personal Investments

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James Tamplin has made 14 investments. Their latest investment was Pre Seed Round - Alien on
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Exits

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    Golden Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education.

Jobs

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James Tamplin is the Founder Partner at Founder Collective. Additionally, James Tamplin has had 2 past jobs including Co-founder / CEO at Firebase.
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Board and Advisor Roles

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James Tamplin holds 2 board and advisor roles as Board Member at Charm Industrial and Advisor at Ionic.
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Education

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James Tamplin studied at UW-Madison College of Engineering.

Recent News and Activity

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Funding Round•Apr 1, 2026
Alien raised
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from Common Metal and 14 other investors
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Funding Round•Jul 4, 2024
Blue raised
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from Amitt Mahajan and 25 other investors
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Funding Round•Sep 21, 2023
Proof of Play raised
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from Andreessen Horowitz and 10 other investors
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Funding Round•Aug 11, 2022
Superblocks raised
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from Aaron Levie and 21 other investors
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Funding Round•Feb 15, 2022
Shortwave raised
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from Afore Capital and 8 other investors
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Funding Round•Feb 8, 2022
Aside raised
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from Aaron Levie and 52 other investors
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Funding Round•Dec 8, 2021
FastAF Technologies raised
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from Baron Davis and 11 other investors
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Funding Round•Jan 12, 2021
Roboflow raised
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Funding Round•Feb 26, 2020
Hasura raised
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