# John Donovan

> John Donovan is a seed investor at Qudit Investments backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Qudit Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qudit-investments)
- Location: Dallas, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-donovan/3/a81/474

John Donovan is a seed investor at Qudit Investments in Dallas focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. John Donovan is based out of Dallas, Texas, and is the CEO of Qudit Investments and also serves as Chairman of the Board of Lambda. John previously worked at Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as the Chairman of the Board. John Donovan attended the University of Notre Dame. John Donovan has been awarded Tech Innovator of the Year.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$12M |
| Series A | $5.6M–$105M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 38% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 38% |
| Cyber Security | 4 | 31% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 23% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 46% |
| Series A | 3 | 23% |
| Angel | 2 | 15% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 46% |
| Israel | 3 | 23% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Outtake | Outtake provides agentic AI cyber defense through the use of AI agents for automated response, real-time classification, and advanced threat detection. In order to combat fraud and impersonation, it focuses on open-source intelligence, multi-surface anti-phishing, and digital identity protection. | $40M | Series B | Jan 28, 2026 |  |
| Milestone | Milestone ensures your GenAI tools are fully integrated, optimized, and aligned with your business goals, driving measurable ROI and sustained innovation. | $10M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Haiket | Haiket is a new voice-messaging app that combines pioneering context awareness technology for a more natural experience, and is inviting customers to try its innovative technology. |  | Angel | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| Valar Atomics | Uses nuclear fission to create gas and oil from ambient air. | $105M | Series A | Nov 10, 2025 |  |
| Atero | Atero provides a proprietary technology platform that improves GPU management and memory optimization for AI. | $12M | Seed | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| ArmorCode | ArmorCode offers an AppSecOps platform that reduces application exposure and risk for customers. Its customers use the platform for AppSec Posture, Vulnerability and Compliance Management, and DevSecOps automation. ArmorCode AppSecOps platform is delivering a 10X AppSec Force Multiplier impact to several marquee enterprises. The company wasfounded in 2020 and is based in Palo Alto, California. | $14M | Series A | Nov 16, 2022 |  |
| Omneky | Omneky is an AI-agentic advertising platform that generates and orchestrates personalized omni-channel ad campaigns. By analyzing cross-channel marketing data from platforms like Meta, Google, TikTok, Reddit and LinkedIn, Omneky identifies the specific design elements and messaging that drive conversions. It then leverages generative AI to quicklyproduce and launch highly tailored image and video ads across various advertising channels, helping brands optimize their campaigns, reduce creative fatigue, and ultimately increase return on ad spend. | $7M | Seed | Nov 15, 2022 |  |
| Perygee | The Perygee platform brings in the appropriate context of every asset on the network alongside a toolkit for IT teams to build custom views and automations so that enterprises can adopt and scale security best practices to all assets. | $4.8M | Seed | Oct 25, 2022 |  |
| Sunday Security | Sunday is a personal cybersecurity platform, built to protect executive teams beyond the enterprise perimeter | $4M | Seed | May 11, 2022 |  |
| Humantic AI | Humantic AI is a revenue team's Buyer Intelligence platform. Humantic's Personality AI is used by revenue teams to identify early adopters, assist BDRs in personalizing outreach, and provide vital customer insights to AEs for each deal. The company was established in 2021 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $1.5M | Angel | Apr 24, 2022 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ballistic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ballistic-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Deepcore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepcore) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tercera](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tercera) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlassian Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlassian-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BBG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bbg-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Qudit Investments

VC Fund

Qudit operates as a venture capital firm specializing in purpose-driven investments in AI, machine learning, and advanced technology sectors. It targets innovative startups addressing industrial challenges across diverse applications, from drones to regulatory compliance tools. The firm supports technology-enabled businesses by providing capitaland strategic guidance to help founders scale impactful AI solutions. Investments emphasize long-term value creation in areas like agriculture, security, and beyond.​​

1 contacts available at Qudit Investments.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Donovan | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-donovan-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does John Donovan invest in?

John Donovan invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is John Donovan's check size?

John Donovan typically joins rounds of $3M–$12M at Seed and $5.6M–$105M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds John Donovan participates in.

### When did John Donovan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Donovan closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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