JT

John Taysom

Investor & Co-founder : portfolio listed in the About section below.

United Kingdom

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Work Experience

  • Joint Owner

    2013

    Rare breed lamb

  • Visiting Professor

    2015

    Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, University College, London.

  • Foundation Council

    2018 - 2023

2017 - 2023

  • Digital Advisory Group

    2017 - 2023

2016 - 2022

  • NED and Co-founder

    2016 - 2022

2010 - 2012

  • 2012 Senior Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative

    2010 - 2012

    Research into good targeting with better privacy.

  • Advanced Leadership Fellow

    2011 - 2012

  • Non Executive Director

    1995 - 2009

    NED prior to their IPOs at Digimarc, TIBCO, Equinix, remaining on the board when they floated on NASDAQ. Board observer at Yahoo and Infoseek up to their IPOs

1995 - 2008

  • CEO and Founder, Greenhouse Fund and RVC (originally Reuters Venture Capital)

    1995 - 2008

    Founded the group and made the first investment in Yahoo in 1995. Board observer at Yahoo and Infoseek up to their IPOs. Other investments included: Verisign, Infoseek, Digimarc, Intertrust, Sportsline, Phone.com (when it was unwired planet), Equinix, UltraDNS, Forbes.com, Moreover, WhereonEarth, Advertising.com, and many others: and in Europe Orchestream, Fantastic both of which completed European IPOs. relevant article: http://nichiera.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-master-change-first-dread-it.html

1998 - 2000

  • Board Member

    1998 - 2000