# John Hummer

> John Hummer is a Series A investor at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners backing Enterprise Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hummer Winblad Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hummer-winblad-venture-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2008
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-hummer-4486a821/

John Hummer is a Series A investor at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners in San Francisco focused on Enterprise Software and SaaS. John is the Managing Director at Hummer Winbald Ventures Partners and has been in the venture business since 1982. John started out as a professional athlete, having been drafted in the first round of the National Basketball Associations annual college draft in 1970, played six years and retired in 1976 from the Seattle SuperSonics. In 1989 Johnfounded Hummer Winblad, with Ann Winblad, soon to be joined by Mark Gorenberg, six months later. John’s prior investments include Octel, Wind River Systems, Powersoft (where Mitchell Kertzman was the CEO), Extensity, Global Center (Doug Hickey was the CEO)and Employease. As of March 2008 he sits on the boards of Starmine, Baynote, Success Metrics and Elastra.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |
| Web Design | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elastra | Elastra provides cloud-based computing services. Companies can access virtual hardware environments with scalable database and infrastructure services. Pricing is variable based on usage of Elastra's resources. | $12.2M | Series B | Aug 05, 2008 |  |
| Elastra | Elastra provides cloud-based computing services. Companies can access virtual hardware environments with scalable database and infrastructure services. Pricing is variable based on usage of Elastra's resources. | $2.2M | Series A | Aug 15, 2007 |  |
| Kibo Commerce | Kibo provides everything retailers need to run an omnichannel commerce business from in-store offerings like a point of sale, dynamic payment processing, and store optimization to online applications like web-based merchandising, website content management, and design to distributed order management for omnichannel fulfillment. Kibo will alsoprovide integrated search functions and back-end support for warehouse management, shipping, reporting, analytics, and customer loyalty program.The company also provides a complete omnichannel commerce platform delivered with the lowest total cost of ownership and the fastest time to market. By leveraging cloud technologies, individualized buying experiences, and true enterprise scale, Kibo enables to reach higher peaks of sales and consumer loyalty. | $10.8M | Series B | Apr 01, 2007 |  |
| Kibo Commerce | Kibo provides everything retailers need to run an omnichannel commerce business from in-store offerings like a point of sale, dynamic payment processing, and store optimization to online applications like web-based merchandising, website content management, and design to distributed order management for omnichannel fulfillment. Kibo will alsoprovide integrated search functions and back-end support for warehouse management, shipping, reporting, analytics, and customer loyalty program.The company also provides a complete omnichannel commerce platform delivered with the lowest total cost of ownership and the fastest time to market. By leveraging cloud technologies, individualized buying experiences, and true enterprise scale, Kibo enables to reach higher peaks of sales and consumer loyalty. | $4M | Series A | Mar 01, 2005 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [JK&B Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jk-b-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amazon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bay Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bay-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Steamboat Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steamboat-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Founded in 1989 by John Hummer and Ann Winblad, HWVP pioneered the idea of a venture capital firm investing exclusively in enterprise software companies. From their earliest funds focused on the disruptive shift away from mainframes to client/server computing, through the commodity-driven cloud data centers of today, they have remained true totheir software-only roots. Through their deep understanding of the technology landscape, they have helped drive companies to success by supporting those at the forefront of disruptive advances in the software industry.Entrepreneurs themselves, their team has deep technology roots and a passion for building successful companies. Having started their careers as engineers and programmers, they understand the challenges inherent in creating a scalable and economically viable company. From the complexities of product launches, building sales teams, making payroll, and raising capital, to running public companies - they have been where you are and taken companies where you want to go.

5 contacts available at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Hummer | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-hummer |
| Alicia Urizar | Executive Assistant/Office Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alicia-urizar |
| Ann Winblad | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ann-winblad |
| Lars Leckie | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lars-leckie |
| Maria Mulcahy | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-mulcahy-5144 |

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## FAQ

### What does John Hummer invest in?

John Hummer invests primarily in Enterprise Software, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 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 Hummer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Hummer closed in Aug 2008. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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