John Francis
General Partner @ Stout Street Capital
Denver, United States
John Francis is a seed investor at Stout Street Capital in Denver focused on SaaS and Mobile. John is a General Partner of Stout Street Capital. Prior to Stout Street, he managed TechMotion Capital, a private investment shop specializing in the algorithmic trading of energy futures and equities in New Orleans. John started his career as a construction manager, managing keystone projects worth over $1 billion in India. John holds aBachelor’s of Science in civil engineering and a Master’s degree in construction management from India’s National Institute of Construction Management and Research as well as an MBA in Finance and Energy from Tulane University.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 80%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Mobile 1 (20%)
- Medical 1 (20%)
- Hospital 1 (20%)
- Aerospace 1 (20%)
Investments
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| Space debris is a resource. CisLunar Industries is developing the technology to recycle and reuse it in space. Transforming the economics of space debris clean-up. Accelerating the adoption of in-space manufacturing. Building the foundations of an industrial cislunar economy. | $2.6M / Seed / Mar 23, 2026 | ||
| RedDrop Dx specializes in the development of innovative blood and plasma collection devices. Their products are designed to facilitate easier, faster, and pain-free collection processes suitable for a variety of settings including home health, point-of-care, centralized, and remote clinical testing. RedDrop Dx's technology aims torevolutionize the way blood samples are collected, making it more accessible and less intimidating for patients. The company focuses on creating solutions that support diagnostic equipment needs, emphasizing user comfort and efficiency in sample collection. | $5M / Seed / Dec 18, 2025 | ||
| Space debris is a resource. CisLunar Industries is developing the technology to recycle and reuse it in space. Transforming the economics of space debris clean-up. Accelerating the adoption of in-space manufacturing. Building the foundations of an industrial cislunar economy. | Seed / Nov 19, 2025 | ||
| Botco.ai is a fully-automated, AI-powered marketing chat solution that can be implemented at scale to improve engagement rates. Today, the company offers industry-leading authoring, webchat, and AI machine-learning capabilities to quickly and effectively convert more customers. Botco.ai’s Integrated Analytics Dashboard provides a comprehensive viewof chat campaigns across multiple channels such as web and Facebook Messenger. The API-based interface can be used to transfer leads, transcripts, and data into enterprise sales and marketing automation products like Salesforce, Hubspot, Adobe Marketing Cloud, and Zoho. | $2.2M / Seed / Feb 16, 2021 | ||
| Popwallet is now part of Snap. Popwallet is a mobile wallet marketing automation and customer experience management platform, working with some of the most innovative brands in the world to reach and engage people in a safe and contactless way through mobile wallets like Apple Wallet and Google Pay. These experiences include dynamic coupons andoffers, rebates, loyalty and gift cards, tickets, and other lightweight branded content. | $2M / Seed / Nov 12, 2019 |
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About Stout Street Capital
Investment Method: Stout Street prides itself on investing intelligently. Our investments are driven by extensive data analysis, market analysis, and due diligence. We invest in early-stage technology companies innovating in the software, fin tech, advanced materials, robotics, and artificial intelligence. We invest in under-served markets,especially in the middle of the country with an emphasis on the Rocky Mountain area.Investment Portfolio: Stout Street Capital is an seed-stage fund that seeks to invest in early-stage companies focused on improving efficiency and generating bottom-line value in large established sectors in the market. Stout Street’s Value Fund-1 is currently focused on post-revenue, seed-to-series-A investments in companies valued at less than $10 million. Stout Street’s Value Fund-1 is projected to invest in 35+ companies by the end of 2018 with an average investment of 100k.
Stout Street Capital Contacts
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Cindy Ho
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Clay Gordon
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John Francis
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What does John Francis invest in?
John Francis invests primarily in SaaS, Mobile and Medical startups, most often at 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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The most recent investment recorded for John Francis closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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