# John Jahnke

> John Jahnke is a seed investor in Buffalo backing B2B and FinTech. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Buffalo, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnjahnke/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/johnjahnke
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.jahnke.3

John Jahnke is a seed investor in Buffalo focused on B2B and FinTech. John Jahnke is based out of Buffalo, New York, and is the CEO of Tackle. John previously worked at Cognizant as a Vice President - Digital Engineering. John Jahnke attended the University at Buffalo.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TextQL | TextQL is a platform that simplifies the data-to-insight process for organizations. The platform indexes BI tools and semantic layers, documents data in dbt, and uses OpenAI and language models to provide self-serve power analytics. With TextQL, non-technical users can easily and quickly work with data by asking questions in their work context(Slack/Teams/email) and getting automated answers quickly and safely. The platform also leverages NLP and semantic layers, including the dbt Labs semantic layer, to ensure reasonable solutions. TextQL's elegant handoffs to human analysts, when required, dramatically simplify the whole question-to-answer process with AI. | $4.1M | Seed | Jan 24, 2024 | https://www.textql.com/ |
| TextQL | TextQL is a platform that simplifies the data-to-insight process for organizations. The platform indexes BI tools and semantic layers, documents data in dbt, and uses OpenAI and language models to provide self-serve power analytics. With TextQL, non-technical users can easily and quickly work with data by asking questions in their work context(Slack/Teams/email) and getting automated answers quickly and safely. The platform also leverages NLP and semantic layers, including the dbt Labs semantic layer, to ensure reasonable solutions. TextQL's elegant handoffs to human analysts, when required, dramatically simplify the whole question-to-answer process with AI. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 12, 2023 | https://www.textql.com/ |
| TextQL | TextQL is a platform that simplifies the data-to-insight process for organizations. The platform indexes BI tools and semantic layers, documents data in dbt, and uses OpenAI and language models to provide self-serve power analytics. With TextQL, non-technical users can easily and quickly work with data by asking questions in their work context(Slack/Teams/email) and getting automated answers quickly and safely. The platform also leverages NLP and semantic layers, including the dbt Labs semantic layer, to ensure reasonable solutions. TextQL's elegant handoffs to human analysts, when required, dramatically simplify the whole question-to-answer process with AI. | $4.1M | Seed | Dec 12, 2023 | https://www.textql.com/ |
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4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DCM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dcm) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Firsthand Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firsthand-alliance) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Firsthand Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firsthand-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Neo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-innovation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Page One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/page-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Unshackled Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unshackled-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does John Jahnke invest in?

John Jahnke invests primarily in B2B, FinTech and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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.

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### When did John Jahnke last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Jahnke closed in Dec 2023. 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.

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