# John Garabedian

> John Garabedian is a seed investor at KB Partners (Glencoe) backing Sports and Gambling. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [KB Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kb-partners)
- Location: Glencoe, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-garabedian-1a2964156/

John Garabedian is a seed investor at KB Partners in Glencoe focused on Sports and Gambling. John Garabedian

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 100% |
| Gambling | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Fantasy Sports | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| nVenue | nVenue’s unmatched technology leverages the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence to quickly and accurately generate probabilities for every outcome of a play. | $3.5M | Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Corazon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corazon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About KB Partners

VC Fund · Highland Park, United States

KB Partners is a suburban Chicago based investment firm focused on early stage venture capital investments. KB’s principals take an active approach in helping to build dominant new enterprises by working in partnership with talented entrepreneurs and experienced managers.The firm is currently investing out of KB Partners Myriad Opportunity Fund I& II, which invests in passionate innovators at the intersection of sports and technology.

5 contacts available at KB Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lance Dietz | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lance-dietz |
| Stephan Ahern | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephan-ahern |
| John Garabedian | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-garabedian-ca69 |
| Keith Bank | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-bank |
| Matt Howard | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-howard-8699 |

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## FAQ

### What does John Garabedian invest in?

John Garabedian invests primarily in Sports, Gambling and Software startups, most often at Seed 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 Garabedian last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Garabedian closed in Mar 2022. 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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