John Kobs
CEO, Founder & Chairman @ Apartment List
San Francisco, United States
John Kobs is a seed investor at Apartment List in San Francisco focused on SaaS and Software. John Kobs - CEO, Founder & Chairman @ Apartment List
- Total investments:
- 39
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries John Kobs invests in
Stages John Kobs invests in
Countries John Kobs invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $150k–$3M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.2M–$2.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 8 (21%)
- Software 7 (18%)
- Health Care 6 (15%)
- Wellness 4 (10%)
- Mobile 3 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 23 (59%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (8%)
- Series A 3 (8%)
- Funding Round 3 (8%)
- Angel 1 (3%)
Investments
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QE is breaking new ground in online eyecare. | Seed / Mar 31, 2023 | |
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SkillBank is a 1:1 mentorship and training program for entry-level marketing roles. We believe that no one should be prevented from chasing their dreams due to a lack of opportunity or experience. Our mission is to provide that opportunity to those who are willing to challenge themselves to grow, learn, and lead. We know the importance of gainingskills in the specific industry you care about, which is why we offer a specialized course instead of a one size fits all approach. | $1.5M / Seed / Jul 25, 2022 | |
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SkillBank is a 1:1 mentorship and training program for entry-level marketing roles. We believe that no one should be prevented from chasing their dreams due to a lack of opportunity or experience. Our mission is to provide that opportunity to those who are willing to challenge themselves to grow, learn, and lead. We know the importance of gainingskills in the specific industry you care about, which is why we offer a specialized course instead of a one size fits all approach. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Jul 25, 2022 | |
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An online, 15-week, career accelerator for marketing. Our programs are $0 upfront, pay when you get paid. Participants will only pay us back once they're making over $40k/year. We believe that everyone should have access to opportunity, regardless of their background. | $1.2M / Seed / May 24, 2021 | |
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An online, 15-week, career accelerator for marketing. Our programs are $0 upfront, pay when you get paid. Participants will only pay us back once they're making over $40k/year. We believe that everyone should have access to opportunity, regardless of their background. | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / May 24, 2021 | |
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Spruce thinks of a better way to see the doctor by using their platform for communication. They think getting great health care in America involves too much waiting and hassle and healthcare pricing should be affordable and involve no surprises. They think the experience of “going to the doctor” can be dramatically improved for both patients andphysicians through software to enrich the patient-physician relationship and improve quality, safety, and satisfaction.They’re committed to building quality healthcare experiences that are accessible anytime, anywhere. | Sep 05, 2019 | |
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Accept.inc, the first iLender, is a technology-enabled lender that empowers buyers who qualify for a mortgage to submit all-cash offers on homes at no additional cost. Accept.inc’s mission is to place a cash offer on every home, leveling the playing field for buyers. Accept.inc sets itself apart with a frictionless customer experience and aninnovative platform available to any agent and mortgage-qualifying buyer, with zero added costs or fees. The company ensures that buyers, sellers, and their agents benefit from the transaction, all in the service of accelerating access to homeownership. Founded in 2016 by Y Combinator alumni Adam Pollack, Nick Friedman, and Ian Perrex, Accept.inc is headquartered in Denver, CO, where it started transacting under its current model in mid-2019. | $2.1M / Pre-Seed / Apr 23, 2019 | |
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Avo creates one source of truth for analytics events and generates personalized tracking libraries that give developers dev time validation that implementation is correct. Avo is a toolbox (UI and dev tool) to define event based analytics, and generate personalized tracking libraries that provide dev time validation of correct implementation.It's like a spell-checker for people to define quality data, and a type-checker for developers to make sure they send analytics according to design. | Seed / Apr 12, 2019 | |
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Avo creates one source of truth for analytics events and generates personalized tracking libraries that give developers dev time validation that implementation is correct. Avo is a toolbox (UI and dev tool) to define event based analytics, and generate personalized tracking libraries that provide dev time validation of correct implementation.It's like a spell-checker for people to define quality data, and a type-checker for developers to make sure they send analytics according to design. | $150K / Seed / Mar 12, 2019 | |
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Simple Habit is a meditation app designed to drive a healthy lifestyle. Simple Habit's app offers short meditations and audio therapy sessions which has more than 1,500 guided meditations for any situation and mood including before sleep, taking a work break, commuting, and more, allowing people to transform wellness goals into lasting habits. | $10M / Series A / Nov 13, 2018 | |
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Co-Investors
About Apartment List
Apartment List is a smart, simple, and seamless renting platform that’s dedicated to making the process fair and transparent for all. Their mission is to build a better world of renting for everyone, to get rid of the pain and complexity, and makes it more personal, flexible, and transparent.They make finding a home to love easy and enjoyable,with a personally curated search feature that gets to know the individual.It was incorporated in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Apartment List Contacts
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John Kobs
CEO, Founder & Chairman
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Lawrence Kennedy
Head of Product
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Dana Geisler
VP of Sales
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Ian Medlock
VP of Growth
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Leo Gong
Head of Product
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FAQ
What does John Kobs invest in?
John Kobs invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is John Kobs's check size?
John Kobs typically joins rounds of $150k–$3M at Seed and $1.2M–$2.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds John Kobs participates in.
When did John Kobs last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for John Kobs closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 39 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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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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