Jim Breyer

James W. Breyer is an American venture capitalist, founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, an investment and venture philanthropy firm, and a partner at Accel Partners, a venture capital firm. 

  • One of Facebook‘s first venture investors, Jim Breyer made much of his fortune investing in the social network.
  • Breyer is brother-in-law of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife, U. S. Secretary of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
  • After 28 years at venture firm Accel Partners, Breyer now invests through his own Breyer Capital and is betting big on Artificial Intelligence.
  • He has invested in over 40 companies that have had successful IPOs or mergers including Etsy, Marvel Entertainment and Legendary Entertainment.
  • In September 2019, Facebook agreed to acquire Breyer Capital-backed brain-computing start-up CTRL-labs.