James Rich

Managing Partner & Co-Founder at CurvePoint Capital

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James Rich is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CurvePoint Capital. James brings more than 21 years of experience in private and public investments across a wide variety of alternative and traditional asset classes. Prior to co-founding CurvePoint, James spent over 15 years at Aegon Asset Management, most recently focused on climate tech investing in the private markets, where he co-founded the Aegon Climate Capital strategy with Brian Wayne. For nearly three years, James was a member of the board of directors of the Aegon Transamerica Foundation, which donated over $7 million each year to advance financial and social empowerment across the United States.

Prior to Aegon, James worked at Madison Dearborn Partners in Chicago, IL and Morgan Stanley in New York, NY. James is a frequent speaker at investment industry conferences and guest lecturer at business schools and universities and has been featured in the Financial Times, Barron’s, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, Pensions & Investments, and numerous other publications. James is a mentor and advisor to climate startups in the Third Derivative accelerator ecosystem. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an ScB from Brown University. James resides in Boulder, CO with his wife and three children.