# John Keith

> John Keith is a seed investor at BNP Paribas Private Equity backing Wholesale and Automotive. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BNP Paribas Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bnp-paribas-private-equity)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-keith-3030241b

John Keith is a seed investor at BNP Paribas Private Equity in Sydney focused on Wholesale and Automotive. John is a Managing Director with BNP Paribas in Australia. John has served on the Boards of private companies, including start ups, in Australia and Asia.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wholesale | 1 | 100% |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |
| Electric Vehicle | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plug | Plug is a wholesale auction that facilitates online buying and selling of used EVs. | $6.7M | Seed | Apr 08, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [A*](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-capital-4ec5) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Autotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cleo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cleo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Floodgate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/floodgate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Leap Forward Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leap-forward-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ODF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/odf-54b5) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BNP Paribas Private Equity

VC Fund · Paris, France

BNP Paribas Private Equity brings together the third party private equity teams of BNP Paribas Investment Partners. As of September 2008, this activity has EUR 817 million of assets under management, spread out over five different types of vehicles: funds of funds and investment management mandates, innovation funds (FCPI), local investment funds(FIP ISF), unlisted small cap funds and feeder funds.The asset management activities are supported by:- A strategy and development arm dedicated to the creation of new activities both in and outside France using BNPP IP's global network.- A comprehensive fund administration service.

5 contacts available at BNP Paribas Private Equity.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chodron de Courcel | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chodron-de-courcel |
| John Keith | Managing Director & Head of Financial Institution Coverage, Australia | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-keith |
| Pierre André de Chalendar | Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pierre-andr-de-chalendar |
| Thierry Laborde | Head of BNP Paribas Personal Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thierry-laborde |
| Frédéric Janbon | Head of Fixed Income | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frdric-janbon |

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## FAQ

### What does John Keith invest in?

John Keith invests primarily in Wholesale, Automotive and Electric Vehicle 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 Keith last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Keith closed in Apr 2025. 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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