# John Donovan

> John Donovan is a Series A investor at FinSight Ventures backing Finance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FinSight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finsight-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgdonovan

John Donovan is a Series A investor at FinSight Ventures in New York focused on Finance and Peer to Peer. John Donovan is the Chief Strategy Officer at Kickfurther John is also a partner with Finsight Ventures and a director of Offer Board, which he co-founded. He also co-founded Lending Club, was COO of Border Free, and led MasterCard’s global product development.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 67% |
| Peer to Peer | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| Credit | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 33% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finexkap | Finexkap is a unique web-based marketplace providing a revolutionary web solution to short-term capital funding. Bringing together SMEs and qualified investors, Finexkap is fast, user-friendly and highly secure. Finexkap offers a short-term, flexible and paperless funding solution with no volume or timeframe conditions attached. |  | Series A | Nov 13, 2014 | http://www.finexkap.com |
| Happen | Lending Club is an online financial community that brings together creditworthy borrowers and savvy investors so that both can benefit financially. They replace the high cost and complexity of bank lending with a faster, smarter way to borrow and invest. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. |  | Private Equity | Apr 17, 2014 | https://www.lendingclub.com/ |
| Happen | Lending Club is an online financial community that brings together creditworthy borrowers and savvy investors so that both can benefit financially. They replace the high cost and complexity of bank lending with a faster, smarter way to borrow and invest. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. |  | Secondary Market | May 01, 2013 | https://www.lendingclub.com/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpaca VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FinSight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finsight-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Generis Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generis-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GLI Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gli-finance-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CapitalG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About FinSight Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

FinSight is a global VC firm focused on FinTech, including companies addressing solutions in the banking, finance, insurance and payments sectors along with enterprise software companies driving digital transformation in these segments. FinSight works with innovative and ambitious FinTech and enterprise software start-ups that are driving orcapitalizing on changes in these sectors.FinSight's team and unique track record, experience and extensive financial services partnership networks allow us to help entrepreneurs in strategically important areas, including technology, operations, marketing and business development in FinTech sectors.FinSight's work with entrepreneurs includes equity and debt fundraising as well as support for corporate operations, go-to-market strategies, and technology development.

4 contacts available at FinSight Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maxim Nazarov | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxim-nazarov |
| Pavel Gurianov | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pavel-gurianov |
| Alexey Garyunov | Co Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexei-garyunov |
| Victor Remsha | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/victor-remsha |

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## FAQ

### What does John Donovan invest in?

John Donovan invests primarily in Finance, Peer to Peer and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Private Equity stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact John Donovan?

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### When did John Donovan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Donovan closed in Nov 2014. Shizune tracks 3 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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