Los Angeles Board of Advisors

Jim Breyer
Accel Partners

Jim Breyer

Jim Breyer has been active in the software and technology industries since the early 1980's.

At Accel Partners, Jim has been responsible for numerous internet, enterprise software, and networking investments, and serves on the Board of Directors of several such firms. He has played an integral role in helping management teams recruit, develop corporate and product marketing strategies, and establish strategic and technical partnership agreements.

Jim has been responsible for Accel's investments in over twenty-five companies that have completed public offerings or successful mergers. These include software companies (his primary area of interest) such as: Actuate (ACTU), Agile Software (AGIL), Arbor Software (now named Hyperion Solutions) (HYSL), Claremont, Collabra (acquired by Netscape), Lightspan (LSPN), Macromedia (MACR), Microprose, Narrative (acquired by @Home), RealNetworks (RNWK), Synopsys (SNPS), and Walmart.com (WMT). Network infrastructure investments include: Centillion (acquired by Bay Networks), Centrum (acquired by 3Com), Corsair (acquired by Lightbridge Communications), Foundry Networks (FDRY), and RedBack Networks (RBAK).

Jim is currently a director of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (WMT), RealNetworks (RNWK), and is involved with a number of privately held companies such as Accel-KKR, AlphaBlox, Andale, Apexon, BrassRing, Datasweep, eMac Digital, Groove Networks, ModelN, and Motive Communications.

Earlier, Jim worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York. While at McKinsey, he worked with computer and communications firms to develop their technology, marketing, and financial strategies. Previously, he worked in product management and marketing at Apple Computer and Hewlett Packard.

Jim is currently a Director of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists, the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund, Technet and the Harvard Business School California Research Center. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Economics and from Harvard University with an M.B.A. where he was named a Baker Scholar.