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Investor profile

James Gettinger

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Gutter Capital

About

James Gettinger transitioned from being one of the top professional daily fantasy sports and poker players in the world to venture capital, explicitly framing early-stage investing as an evolution of his career in probabilistic gambling and game-theoretic decision-making. He writes long-form public memos on topics like AI, housing, and macro conditions that read like investor letters but are fully open, giving founders and LPs an unusually transparent view into how he models uncertainty and edge in markets. James Gettinger transitioned from being one of the top professional daily fantasy sports and poker players in the world to venture capital, explicitly framing early-stage investing as an evolution of his career in probabilistic gambling and game-theoretic decision-making. He writes long-form public memos on topics like AI, housing, and macro conditions that read like investor letters but are fully open, giving founders and LPs an unusually transparent view into how he models uncertainty and edge in markets.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Sectors
SaaS
Climate
Proptech
Education
Health

Investment details

Avg check size$1.5M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Africa
LatAm
India
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Canada
Israel
ANZ
MENA