Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$3,000,000.00Max Investment:
$8,000,000.00Target Investment:
$5,500,000.00
Lists including John
Investments
Semafor
Total Funding: $44M
Portnox
Total Funding: $22M
Sellers Shield
Total Funding: $15M
Tasktop
Total Funding: $120M
SparkCognition
Total Funding: $250M
Onit
Total Funding: $12M
WhereBy.Us
Total Funding: $2M
Verb
Total Funding: $8M
Calxeda
Total Funding: $99M
Spiceworks
Total Funding: $110M
Work Experience
Senior Fellow
2024
1990
General Partner, Managing Partner
1990
* Largest regional VC firm in the US * Team of ~45, ~$4 billion in assets under management * Joined the firm directly from business school * Co-led fundraising efforts to grow assets under management by ~20x * Top decile investor: 3.6x on $424 million invested in ~60 companies. * ~50 board seats in public and private technology companies
2016
Co-founder, Operating Partner
2016
* Boutique investment firm pioneering “The Series A of software private equity” * ~$500m in assets under management, team of ~15 * Lead investors include Dartmouth, Case Western, Phillips Exeter * Author of initial investment and fundraising strategies * Co-led fundraising * Focused on firm strategy and team building
2008
Founder
2008
* Largest and most important local news organization founded anywhere in the world in the 21st Century * Business plan author, seed investor, fundraiser, inaugural board chair * $150m+ raised since inception * Multiple journalism awards, Peabody winner, Pulitzer finalist
Co-Founder
2019
*First of its kind venture philanthropy firm focused on local news *~45 grantees (including six built from scratch), team of ~40 *Business plan author, seed investor, fundraiser, inaugural CEO, board chair *~$200m raised from investors including Emerson Collective, Knight Foundation, Arnold Ventures, Macarthur Foundation, JP Morgan, Open AI
2023 - 2024
Member, Board Of Trustees
2023 - 2024
2019 - 2019
Seed Funder, Executive Committee Chair
2019 - 2019
2017 - 2017
Seed Investor, Board member
2017 - 2017
2005 - 2007
Advisory Board Member
2005 - 2007
2005 - 2007
Capital Campaign Co-Chair
2005 - 2007