James Herbert
Venture Partner at Navitas Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder, Board Member
2013 - Current
Co-founded fintech company now the largest lender to people flipping homes in the US
Kiavi is a private lender that offers investment property loans for residential real estate investors.
Raised $798,900,000.00 from ZMT Capital and Benefit Street Partners.
Venture Partner
2023
Partnering with entrepreneurs transforming the build world
Navitas Capital is a venture capital firm investing in transformative technology and innovation for the built world.
Member Board of Directors
2025
Board Member
2024
Lendflow is a software company that develops embedded credit infrastructure for lenders and software companies.
Raised $13,500,000.00 from Navitas Capital, Hack VC, GTMfund, I2BF Global Ventures, Derive Ventures, Underscore VC, 2048 Ventures, Knoll Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures and Trajectory Ventures.
Angel Investor & Advisor
2014
Invested in 25+ early stage companies with a primary focus on fintech and real estate tech. Help founders as advisor / mentor / board member with fundraising, product / market fit, leadership, and growth. Past investments include Modern Treasury, Opendoor, Sundae, Mynd, Outrider, Facet Wealth, Branch Technologies, Newfront Insurance, Scale Platform, Wander, and more. Advisory relationships include Opendoor, Mynd, Careerist, Varo, and others
NorCal - Member, Membership Chair
2015
Jackson Hole - Member
2022 - 2025
Advisor
2020 - 2024
Advisor
2017 - 2024
SVP, Head of Strategy / Head of Pacific Northwest
2022 - 2023
SVP, Co-Head of Eagle Lending
2017 - 2022
Eagle Lending helps First Republic acquire the next generation of create clients and acts as one of the innovation labs inside the bank. I also have operational responsibility for the Portland region and building out our presence in Bellevue / Seattle.
Board Member
2017 - 2022