JG

John Gianakopoulos

Principal at Scale Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $15,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2022

    Investments in Papaya Global, Socure, Scout RFP (acquired), Spot AI, Vantage, Lumos, AppOmni, Comet ML, Spruce (acquired), and others

  • Vice President

    2021 - 2022

  • Senior Associate

    2020 - 2021

  • Associate

    2018 - 2020

2024

  • Board Observer

    2024

2023

  • Board Observer

    2023

2021

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Board Observer

    2020

2017 - 2018

  • Product Manager

    2017 - 2018

    Growth and engagement PM. Managed notifications engine and dashboard for core PFM product

2014 - 2017

  • Product Manager II - QuickBooks Capital

    2015 - 2017

    Responsible for QuickBooks lending marketplace (used QuickBooks data to underwrite and offer SMBs financing). Built out Intuit's first QuickBooks-branded line of credit offering embedded within the product

  • Associate Product Manager - Rotational Development Program

    2014 - 2015

    PM on Intuit's internal "Plaid" product. Responsible for normalizing bank transaction data for Mint and QuickBooks

2013 - 2013

  • Product Manager Intern

    2013 - 2013

2012 - 2012

  • Business Technology Analyst Summer Intern

    2012 - 2012