# John Doran

> John Doran is a Series D investor at TCV backing FinTech. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TCV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/technology-crossover-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnadoran

John Doran is a Series D investor at TCV in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. John is a General Partner in London and was a founding member of the TCV European effort. His primary investment focus is in the software, internet, and financial technology industries. His current investments include NewVoiceMedia, Believe Digital, WorldRemit, Perfecto Mobile and Brillen.de.John was previously an investor with SummitPartners where he focused on investments across software, internet and financial technology. John started his career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, first in London before moving to New York. Prior to working in the professional world, John competed on the men’s ATP Tennis tour and was a member of the Irish Davis Cup team between 1996 and 2004.John received his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and graduated with a B.A. in Economics (with honors) from Harvard College.Active Investments/Current Portfolio Companieso Believe Digitalo Brillen.deo Elevateo NewVoiceMediao Perfecto Mobileo WorldRemit

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series C | $15M–$794M |
| Series D | $20M–$552M |
| Private Equity | $95M–$650M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 8 | 27% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 23% |
| Software | 6 | 20% |
| Banking | 4 | 13% |
| Payments | 3 | 10% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series D | 7 | 23% |
| Series C | 5 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 10% |
| Private Equity | 3 | 10% |
| Series A | 2 | 7% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 17% |
| United States | 3 | 10% |
| France | 2 | 7% |
| Germany | 2 | 7% |
| Poland | 1 | 3% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Allica Bank | Allica Bank provides business banking services focused on supporting established small and medium-sized enterprises through lending, savings, and current account products. Its offering includes commercial mortgages, asset finance, and bridging loans designed to support property investment and operational funding needs. The bank also deliversbusiness current accounts with payment capabilities and tools that help companies manage cash flow. In addition, it provides savings accounts for both businesses and personal customers seeking interest-bearing deposit options. Its services are delivered through a combination of digital tools and relationship-based support to assist financial management and funding access. | $155M | Series D | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| RELEX Solutions | RELEX Solutions provides an integrated retail and supply chain planning system that delivers impressive results for customers around the world.Through precise demand forecasting, automated replenishment, revolutionary space planning, and assortment optimization, RELEX helps businesses plan better, sell more and waste less however fast the marketchanges.Our agile technology adapts to your changing operations and processes, whether you are a fast-growing challenger or a multinational. Bring us your toughest challenge and we’ll help you solve it.Through our retail expertise and technology, we build strong, enduring, award-winning partnerships with our customers. RELEX’s success is inseparable from theirs. We can introduce you to any RELEX customer you choose for a frank and independent assessment of our solutions.RELEX Solutions is trusted by leading brands including WHSmith, Morrisons, AO.com, Coop Denmark, Rossmann, and ParknShop, and has offices across North America and Europe. |  | Secondary Market | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Zepz | Zepz is an online service that lets people send money to friends and family living abroad, using a computer, smartphone, or tablet. It is a convenient, low-cost alternative to traditional money transfer companies that use high street agents and charge high fees. Money can be received as a bank deposit, cash pick-up, Mobile Money, or mobile airtimetop-up.Zepz's service is available to senders in 50 countries. They offer transfers to more than 140+ destinations across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. | $267M | Series F | Oct 04, 2024 |  |
| Believe | Believe Digital is the leading fully independent digital distributor and label services provider for artists & labels worldwide. They provide dedicated label & international campaign management, trade & digital marketing services, comprehensive video management & distribution, synchronisation, neighbouring rights and run in-houserecord label Believe Recordings. |  | Post-IPO Secondary | Feb 12, 2024 |  |
| Fuse Energy | Tesseract offers commission-free energy; 10x cheaper; 10x better, and 100 percent renewable energy. | $86.3M |  | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Fuse Energy | Fuse is an energy supplier that offers the UK's cheapest electricity tarif. Also active in the US. | $86.3M |  | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Fuse Energy | Fuse is an energy supplier that offers the UK's cheapest electricity tarif. Also active in the US. | $78.7M | Series A | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Qonto | Qonto is an online bank that provides financial tools for small and medium-sized businesses and freelancers. It makes business banking easy, efficient, and transparent and also offers digital bank accounts for sending and receiving payments that adapt to all types of companies, for any legal form or team size. | $552.4M | Series D | Jan 11, 2022 |  |
| Miro | Miro offers a collaborative whiteboard platform that is designed to allow distributed teams to work effectively together. Support includes running brainstorming sessions and workshops to planning projects and designing new products and services.Miro has over 7 million users and 20,000 paying customers, including 80% of the Fortune 100. Miroprovides seamless integrations with applications like Atlassian JIRA and Confluence, Sketch, Slack, Trello, Box, and Google Drive to support existing workflows of their customers.Miro brings the benefits of a collaborative whiteboard session to everyone in a global company regardless of their location with a secure and scalable solution. The service is available either in a browser or via desktop, Android or iOS app. It can also be used on tablets and interactive whiteboards. | $400M | Series C | Jan 05, 2022 |  |
| Miro | Miro is an online, visual collaboration platform designed to unlock creativity and accelerate innovation among teams of all kinds. The platform’s infinite canvas enables teams to lead engaging workshops and meetings, design products, brainstorm ideas, and more. Miro, co-headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam, serves more than 50M usersworldwide, including 99% of the Fortune 100. | $400M | Series C | Jan 05, 2022 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [FTV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ftv-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Globespan Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globespan-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [LeapFrog Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leapfrog-investments-llc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-israel) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

## About TCV

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

TCV provides capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry. It also provides management teams with data-driven insights, sector expertise, access to world-class talent, and connections with category leaders. Founded in 1995, the Silicon Valley-headquartered firm has invested more than $14 billion in over 350growth-stage technology companies to date. Some of its most prominent portfolio company exits include Airbnb, Facebook, Netflix, Peloton, and Zillow.

5 contacts available at TCV.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Wortmann | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-wortmann |
| Amol Helekar | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amol-helekar |
| Clarey Zhu | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clarey-zhu |
| David Zhang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-zhang-489c |
| Evan Hochhauser | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-hochhauser |

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## FAQ

### What does John Doran invest in?

John Doran invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Series D and Series C stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

John Doran typically joins rounds of $15M–$794M at Series C, $20M–$552M at Series D and $95M–$650M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds John Doran participates in.

### How do I contact John Doran?

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### When did John Doran last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Doran closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 30 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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