James Monsen
Founder of Monsen Ventures
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2021 - Current
Managing private investments, advising, as well as consulting services for startups and other small businesses.
Real Estate Development Manager
2022 - 2024
Consolidated 380 acres of land into a viable residential development that will ultimately be over 700 homes. Worked with town and county planners to improve the master plan. Sold the resulting development with an anticipated Q4 2024 groundbreaking.
Special Purpose Vehicle Fund Manager
2021 - 2021
Raised venture capital for a portfolio company with a Special Purpose Vehicle fund. The syndicate was made up of first-time angel investors to large family offices and everything in between.
Angel Investor
2022
Angel Investor
2021
Kannact is a solutions provider who seek to improve lives of patients through innovative healthcare collaboration solutions.
Raised $5,900,000.00.
General Partner
2018
Managing real estate and other private investments for a small family office.
President
2016 - 2021
Led a team of 35+ employees in a $15MM+ sales organization. Grew market share to 75%+ in states of Utah and Nevada. Helped negotiate the successful sale of the company in 2018.
Regional Sales Manager 3D Measurement and Modeling Solutions
2012 - 2015
Sales and technical support specialist of 3D measurement and modeling solutions. Consulted with clients in the Architectural, Engineering, Construction, Forensics, Mining, Manufacturing, Oil/Gas, Government, Surveying, and GIS industries.
Large Format Equipment Sales Specialist
2002 - 2012
Sales and technical support of large format document solutions with clients in the Architectural,Engineering, Construction, Mining, Manufacturing, Government, Print Service, Commercial Real Estate,Surveying and GIS industries. Grew department from $0 to over $1MM per year.
President
2015 - 2018
Founder and President of Laser FF, LLC. Specialized in Concrete Quality Control using 3D laser scanning and patent-pending field software workflows. Saved Salt Lake City International Airport over $1MM in construction errors during Phase 1.
River Rafting Guide
2000 - 2001
Education
BS
1998 - 2006