JH

Jim Hornthal

Chairman, LaunchPad Central - AI-powered Innovation Solutions for Commercial, Academic, and Government Clients

San Francisco, California

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Based in SF

3077 people

Investments

Localized

Seed

Total Funding: $3M

Zignal Labs

Series B

Total Funding: $26M

Sphere

Seed

Total Funding: $7M

Hipmunk

Series A

Total Funding: $40M

Flywire

Seed

Total Funding: $140M

Work Experience

LC
Launchpad Central

2012

  • Co-Founder and Chairman

    2012

Uo
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

2002

  • Lester Center Fellow

    2002

ZL
Zignal Labs

2011 - 2025

  • Co-Founder and Chairman

    2011 - 2025

MC
M34 Capital, Inc.

2014 - 2024

  • Chairman

    2014 - 2024

K
KIND

2012 - 2016

  • DIRECTOR

    2012 - 2016

PU
Princeton University

2012 - 2013

  • James Wei Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship

    2012 - 2013

    Faculty member of the Keller Center, teaching Lean LaunchPad to students and teams in Princeton's eLAB incubator program.

Travelocity

2000 - 2002

  • Vice Chairman

    2000 - 2002

    Served as the founding Vice Chairman of the publically traded company,Travelocity.com, that was formed by the merger of Preview Travel and the Travelocity division of Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) in 2000 (NASDAQ: TVLY). Left in 2002 when TSG acquired 100% of TVLY.

Preview Travel

1985 - 2000

  • Founder and Chairman

    1985 - 2000

    Founder/Chairman of the first publically traded online travel agency (NASDAQ: PTVL). Merged with the Travelocity division of Sabre Holdings to form Travelocity.com (NASDAQ: TVLY) in 2000.