James Newell joined Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) in September of 2009. James actively works with IVP portfolio companies DoubleVerify, LoopNet (LOOP), Motion Computing, RGB Networks, and SuccessFactors (SFSF).

Prior to joining IVP, James was an associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Investment Banking Division in the San Francisco Bay Area. While at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, James worked on strategic and financing transactions for a number of leading technology and digital media companies including Symantec, VMware, TIBCO, AOL and SGI.

James earned a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from The University of Washington.