Jim Mao is a General Partner at Citta Capital who invests in Seed and Pre-seed stage startups. See contact routes.
Jim Mao is a General Partner at Citta Capital who invests in Seed and Pre-seed stage startups, with a typical check size of $100K–$5.0M and a sweet spot around $1.5M. His portfolio focuses on early-stage healthcare and technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, targeting sectors including Medical Devices, BioTech, Health IT, Media/Content, and Consumer Internet. Notable portfolio companies include Finwave (an application-specific semiconductors company, where Mao was the lead partner) and co-investments in OptimHire, Evil Genius Games, and Synaptec Health. His distinctive thesis centers on backing innovative, early-stage health and media startups with significant growth potential in the Bay Area.
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