# John Farrell

> John Farrell is a venture - series unknown investor at TelevisaUnivision backing B2B and EdTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TelevisaUnivision](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/televisaunivision)
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfarrelld/

John Farrell is a venture - series unknown investor at TelevisaUnivision in Mexico City focused on B2B and EdTech. John Farrell is based out of Mexico City, Distrito Federal and is the Head of Partnerships of TelevisaUnivision. He previously worked at YouTube as Director, Latin America. John Farrell attended the Texas McCombs School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 100% |
| EdTech | 1 | 100% |
| Human Resources | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Skill Assessment | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Slang | Slang use a proprietary ML-driven engine and offers an unprecedented variety of online specialized English courses for career development. Slang started at MIT as a research project on how to use AI and NLP to make learning a new language as efficient as possible. Their technology powers a highly adaptive e-learning platform that offersproficiency tests for career development in over a hundred fields like Sales, Finance, Logistics, Medicine, and Law. They already have the largest professional English offering in the world. Now, Slang is scaling up to release 1,000 more courses over the next three years. | $14M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 20, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-latam-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inter American Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inter-american-development-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Roble Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roble-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salesforce-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Impact Engine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-impact-engine) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About TelevisaUnivision

VC Fund · Mexico City, Mexico

TelevisaUnivision is a media company. The company operates in two segments, Media Networks and Radio. The Media Networks segment operates approximately 10 digital and mobile properties; 2 broadcast television networks; TUDN, a multi-platform sports media brand and cable sports network; 10 cable networks, including Galavisión, a Spanish-languagecable entertainment network.

5 contacts available at TelevisaUnivision.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marcelo Claure | Vice Chairman Of The Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcelo-claure |
| Rich Hull | Senior Advisor and Equity Portfolio Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rich-hull |
| Wade Davis | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wade-davis |
| John Farrell | Head of Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-farrell-7cf5 |
| Jose Tomas | Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jose-tomas |

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## FAQ

### What does John Farrell invest in?

John Farrell invests primarily in B2B, EdTech and Human Resources startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did John Farrell last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Farrell closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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