John Burke
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ PROOF
Great Falls, United States
John Burke is a Series B investor at PROOF in Great Falls focused on Retail and Sensor. John Burke is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at PROOF.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries John Burke invests in
Stages John Burke invests in
Countries John Burke invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 1 (20%)
- Sensor 1 (20%)
- Fitness 1 (20%)
- Medical 1 (20%)
- Hardware 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series B 2 (40%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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B-Stock Solutions
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B-Stock Solutions helps companies increase revenue and reduce costs associated with liquidation of excess inventory. The company was founded in 2009 by the team who built the private marketplace business at eBay for brand name companies like Sam's Club, HP, Motorola, and Dell. | $7M / Series B / Aug 13, 2014 | |
Valencell
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Valencell produces the most accurate wearable biometric sensor systems in the world – making them the leaders in biometric technologies and design. Valencell develops performance biometric sensor technology and provides this patent-protected technology to consumer electronics manufacturers, wearables and hearables developers, medical device makers,and sports and fitness brands for integration into their products. Valencell’s technology can be used in wearables and hearables for virtually anyone, anywhere, doing anything. Their technology is scalable to multiple form-factors such as earbuds, smartwatches, armbands and wrist devices. Valencell’s technology has been used in devices from HUAWEI, Sony, LG, Bose, Jabra, Suunto, Scosche, and many more. | $7M / Series C / Jun 16, 2014 | |
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Valencell
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Valencell produces the most accurate wearable biometric sensor systems in the world – making them the leaders in biometric technologies and design. Valencell develops performance biometric sensor technology and provides this patent-protected technology to consumer electronics manufacturers, wearables and hearables developers, medical device makers,and sports and fitness brands for integration into their products. Valencell’s technology can be used in wearables and hearables for virtually anyone, anywhere, doing anything. Their technology is scalable to multiple form-factors such as earbuds, smartwatches, armbands and wrist devices. Valencell’s technology has been used in devices from HUAWEI, Sony, LG, Bose, Jabra, Suunto, Scosche, and many more. | $5.5M / Series B / Jun 20, 2011 | |
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Valencell
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Valencell produces the most accurate wearable biometric sensor systems in the world – making them the leaders in biometric technologies and design. Valencell develops performance biometric sensor technology and provides this patent-protected technology to consumer electronics manufacturers, wearables and hearables developers, medical device makers,and sports and fitness brands for integration into their products. Valencell’s technology can be used in wearables and hearables for virtually anyone, anywhere, doing anything. Their technology is scalable to multiple form-factors such as earbuds, smartwatches, armbands and wrist devices. Valencell’s technology has been used in devices from HUAWEI, Sony, LG, Bose, Jabra, Suunto, Scosche, and many more. | $1M / Series A / Jan 01, 2010 | |
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B-Stock Solutions
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B-Stock Solutions helps companies increase revenue and reduce costs associated with liquidation of excess inventory. The company was founded in 2009 by the team who built the private marketplace business at eBay for brand name companies like Sam's Club, HP, Motorola, and Dell. | $1.2M / Seed / Feb 01, 2009 |
Co-Investors
About PROOF
PROOF invests in breakout high-performing companies in growth rounds across all VC sectors except life sciences. The firm works in partnership with early stage VCs and leverages their pro-rata rights in exchange for sharing part of the upside.
PROOF Contacts
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Jennifer Schretter
General Partner
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John Backus
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
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Thanasis Delistathis
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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John Burke
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Scott McComb Johnson
Managing Director
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What does John Burke invest in?
John Burke invests primarily in Retail, Sensor and Fitness startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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