John Gannon
Founder at GoingVC Partners LLC
Profile
John has mentored thousands of current and aspiring VCs through his VC Careers blog and email list, which counts VCs from top firms like Sequoia, KPCB, and Bessemer as subscribers.
He serves as an advisor to Quantopian (Spark, A16z, Bessemer), Wallaroo Labs (Greycroft, Eniac, RRE, Boldstart, Resolute), and also advised Concord (Bloomberg Beta) prior to their acquisition by Akamai.
John was the founding member of the sales & marketing team at Turbonomic (Bain Capital Ventures, Highland Capital Partners), has worked in product management and services leadership roles at growth-stage startups like DigitalOcean and VMware, and raised seed capital from professional angels and VC firms for his own startup.
John Gannon active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
GoingVC Partners LLC
 GoingVC Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance GoingVC Partners LLC (GoingVC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Founder | 31/12/2015 |
Wallaroo Labs, Inc.
 Wallaroo Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Wallaroo Labs, Inc. operates an online platform to build and develops real time application. It offers Sendence Wallaroo technology. The company was founded by Vidyut Jain in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/12/2015 |
Former positions of John Gannon
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
DigitalOcean LLC
 DigitalOcean LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DigitalOcean LLC engages in the provision of videos web hosting platform services and development of cloud computing infrastructure. Its products include droplets,spaces, marketplaces, load balancers, block storage, pricing, and documentations. The company was founded by Ben Uretsky, Moisey Uretsky, Mitchell Wainer, Alec Hartman, and Jeff Carr in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2021 |
Quantopian, Inc.
 Quantopian, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Quantopian, Inc. develops online platform for building, developing and testing quantitative trading algorithms. It provides tools, infrastructure and a community for users to learn, test, and trade algorithmic strategies. The firm's users create and test algorithmic trading strategies in Python using an application programming interface and then can choose to trade with the strategies by connecting to a brokerage. The company was founded by John Fawcett and Jean Bredeche in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/12/2019 |
BEMAVEN
 BEMAVEN Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services BEMAVEN designs and develops a personal brand building platform for executives and entrepreneurs. The firm offers Bemaven which offers personal brand kickoff, idea generation, professional and engaging blogging, automated publishing and sharing, and automated email newsletter. The company was founded by John Gannon, Amol R. Serva, and Steve Cheung and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Chief Executive Officer | 31/12/2015 |
| Valign Software LLC | Consultant / Advisor | 31/12/2011 |
L Capital Partners LP
 L Capital Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2004, L Capital Partners LP is a private equity investment firm located in New York City. | Private Equity Analyst | 30/03/2009 |
Training of John Gannon
| University of Pennsylvania | Undergraduate Degree |
| Columbia Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
| Private companies | 11 |
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L Capital Partners LP
L Capital Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2004, L Capital Partners LP is a private equity investment firm located in New York City. | Finance |
Chart Venture Partners
 Chart Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Chart Venture Partners is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of The Chart Group LP founded in 2006 by Matt J. McCooe and Tim N. Teen. Chart Venture Partners is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
VMware, Inc.
 VMware, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services VMware, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud infrastructure and business mobility. Its products include Software-Defined Data Center, Hybrid Cloud Computing, and End-User Computing. It supports modernizing data centers, integrating public clouds, empowering digital workspaces and transforming security. The company was founded by Diane Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion in 1998 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Turbonomic, Inc.
 Turbonomic, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Turbonomic, Inc. develops a hybrid cloud management platform. It offers assure application performance, digital transformation, accelerate and de-risk cloud migrations, optimize public cloud spend, accelerate consolidation and refresh projects, optimize container platforms, and unleash devops agility solutions. The firm serves the education, financial services, government, and healthcare. The company was founded by Shmuel Kliger, Yuri Rabover, Shai Benjamin, Yechiam Yemini, and Danilo Florissi in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
Fox Sports Interactive Media LLC
 Fox Sports Interactive Media LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Fox Sports Interactive Media LLC develops new media initiatives for FOX Sports and FOX Sports Net. It operates a Website that acts as an online source of sports news, information, listings, games, and special features about programming on FOX Sports, FOX Sports Net and FOX Sports Radio. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. | Technology Services |
BEMAVEN
BEMAVEN Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services BEMAVEN designs and develops a personal brand building platform for executives and entrepreneurs. The firm offers Bemaven which offers personal brand kickoff, idea generation, professional and engaging blogging, automated publishing and sharing, and automated email newsletter. The company was founded by John Gannon, Amol R. Serva, and Steve Cheung and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
GoingVC Partners LLC
GoingVC Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance GoingVC Partners LLC (GoingVC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Wallaroo Labs, Inc.
Wallaroo Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Wallaroo Labs, Inc. operates an online platform to build and develops real time application. It offers Sendence Wallaroo technology. The company was founded by Vidyut Jain in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
DigitalOcean LLC
DigitalOcean LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DigitalOcean LLC engages in the provision of videos web hosting platform services and development of cloud computing infrastructure. Its products include droplets,spaces, marketplaces, load balancers, block storage, pricing, and documentations. The company was founded by Ben Uretsky, Moisey Uretsky, Mitchell Wainer, Alec Hartman, and Jeff Carr in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Quantopian, Inc.
Quantopian, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Quantopian, Inc. develops online platform for building, developing and testing quantitative trading algorithms. It provides tools, infrastructure and a community for users to learn, test, and trade algorithmic strategies. The firm's users create and test algorithmic trading strategies in Python using an application programming interface and then can choose to trade with the strategies by connecting to a brokerage. The company was founded by John Fawcett and Jean Bredeche in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
| Valign Software LLC | Commercial Services |
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