James Lu Morrissey
Founder of Mentor Collective
Miami, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Founder/GP
2021 - Current
Umami Capital (umamicap.com) is the world's largest angel syndicate powered by Forbes 30U30 listers. We have rapidly grown to $15,000,000+ AUM, portfolio of 50+ companies, and a strong network of 2500+ value-add LPs. Are you an angel investor? Feel free to apply here: https://venture.angellist.com/s/umami-capital/pzvRR
Umami Capital is a venture syndicate with a multicultural mission
Board of Advisors
2024
Mentor
2023
500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.
Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.
Mentor
2017
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Board Director
2024
Co-founder, President, Board Director
2013 - 2023
Mentor Collective is the leading provider of research-backed mentoring programs. MC partners with leading universities and companies to scale mentorship to all their students/employees. We have created over 300,000 mentorships, been ranked a top 100 remote workplace in the US, and raised ~$30M in funding from leading investors. Mentor Collective has been recognized by TechCrunch, Inc, Forbes, Fortune, Boston Globe, and many others including: - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 - Inc 5000 recipient for 5 years running - 2023 - #73 on Fortune's list of the Most Innovative Companies in America - 2020, 2021, 2022 - Built In Boston's top 10 Best Small Company to work for in Boston / top 100 remote workplace - 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 - four-time winner of the Golden Bridge Awards / Globee Awards - 2018 - BostInno's 50 on Fire - 2015 - Techstars Boston
Investor (VC/PE/alternative assets/angel investing)
2015
Advisor
2018 - 2025
Our first product is Redee Patch - a transdermal patch product to help people affected by Alcohol Flush Reaction.
Advisor
2018 - 2022
ProdPerfect autonomously builds, maintains, and evolves E2E test automation for web applications.
Raised $20,450,000.00 from Irregular Expressions, Shane Neman, Acrew Capital, Fika Ventures, Eniac Ventures and (ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator.
Advisor
2018 - 2020
Roosted is an HRIS made for the gig-economy. Scheduling, time & attendance, payroll, and communication powered by AI.
Raised $500,000.00 from PS27 Ventures.
Entrepreneur Delegate at Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017
2017 - 2017
https://www.ges2017.org/about-ges/
Helps formulate U.S. policy on the prevention of, responses to, and accountability for mass atrocities.