James Green grew up in Redditch, a small industrial town in the UK, and broke into venture capital through cold emails, which he now uses as an example for founders about creating their own luck rather than waiting for warm introductions. He focuses on cybersecurity and fintech at CRV, combining those domains as a differentiated lens, and spends unusual time helping early technical teams with security fundamentals like logging and incident response readiness. James Green grew up in Redditch, a small industrial town in the UK, and broke into venture capital through cold emails, which he now uses as an example for founders about creating their own luck rather than waiting for warm introductions. He focuses on cybersecurity and fintech at CRV, combining those domains as a differentiated lens, and spends unusual time helping early technical teams with security fundamentals like logging and incident response readiness.