# John Herlihy

> John Herlihy is a seed investor at OpenAI (Dublin) backing Software, SaaS and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OpenAI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/openai)
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johntherlihy/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=ie
- Website: https://www.carnegroup.com/people/john-herlihy/

John Herlihy is a seed investor at OpenAI in Dublin focused on Software and SaaS. John Herlihy is based out of Dublin, Dublin, and is the Non-Executive Director of OpenAI and Executive Chairperson of Consello. John previously worked at STATSports as a Senior Advisor. John Herlihy attended the University of Limerick. John Herlihy has received the certification in Security Tips: Digital Legacy.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Logistics | 1 | 50% |
| Infrastructure | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WealthOS | Enterprise, cloud-native core wealth management SaaS | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 21, 2023 |  |
| Tracworx | Tracworx creates the backbone infrastructure to capture unit-level data within the supply chain. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Aug 04, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Barclays Corporate Banking](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barclays-plc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Furthr VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dbic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dogpatch Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dogpatchlabs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Frontline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frontline-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [nVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About OpenAI

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that conducts research and develops machine learning technologies. OpenAI works on projects that involve autonomous learning and task performance. It serves industries such as technology, healthcare, and education.

5 contacts available at OpenAI.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hemal Shah | Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hemal-shah |
| Hessam Bagherinezhad | Member of Technical Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hessam-bagherinezhad-b28a |
| Sarah Friar | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarah-friar |
| Scott Gray | Member of Technical Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-gray-4 |
| Venkat Venkataramani | VP of Platform Infrastructure | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venkat-venkataramani |

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## FAQ

### What does John Herlihy invest in?

John Herlihy invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did John Herlihy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Herlihy closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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