Full Name

James Leaverton

Job Title

Director

Company

Backblaze

Speaker Bio

James Leaverton is a startup ecosystem leader, founder, investor, advisor, and operator with deep experience helping early-stage technology companies scale. He currently leads Flamethrower, the startup program from Backblaze, focused on supporting high-growth AI, media, and data- intensive startups. Over the course of his career, James has worked across startups, cloud infrastructure, partnerships, and go-to-market strategy, while mentoring and advising founders across the venture ecosystem. He is passionate about helping startups grow intelligently, avoid costly infrastructure mistakes, and build sustainable businesses at scale.