# John Lawrence

> John Lawrence is a startup investor at Wavecrest Growth Partners (Boston). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wavecrest Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavecrest-growth-partners)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnelawrence/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/johnlaw21

John Lawrence is a startup investor at Wavecrest Growth Partners in Boston. John Lawrence is the Partner and Chief Financial Officer at Wavecrest Growth Partners. He was a Partner and Chief Financial Officer at Longworth, John was responsible for the Firm's financial, legal and administrative functions. John managed Longworth's fundraising and limited partner relations efforts and managed the investment termsheet/closing document structuring and negotiation process. John was also active with many of Longworth's portfolio companies with finance and operating initiatives including budgeting and capital raising.Before joining Longworth in 2001, John served as the CFO and member of the Board of Directors of Quail Piping Products, Inc., a venture-backed manufacturer of fiber-optic conduit products. John helped form Quail in 1999 after raising over $20 million in equity and debt financing to orchestrate a management-led buyout of the company from its then publicly traded parent company. Prior to Quail, John was the Assistant Vice President of Finance of Asahi/America, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed manufacturer and distributor of fluid flow systems. At Asahi, John led all finance, accounting, M&A, SEC, and IR activities. John began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP holding various senior audit positions in the Enterprise and Technology Group.

## About Wavecrest Growth Partners

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Wavecrest Growth Partners is a growth equity firm focused on investments in high-growth, profitable B2B technology companies. The firm targets investments in high-growth companies with proven products and business models and brings to bear a differentiated combination of investing and operating experience and networks to help accelerate growth andprofitability. It refers to invest in companies that have over 20% in annual growth and $5 to $30M in bookings or revenue.

5 contacts available at Wavecrest Growth Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Lawrence | Partner & Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-lawrence-8520 |
| John Lawrence | Partner & Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-lawrence |
| Vaibhav Nalwaya | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vaibhav-nalwaya |
| Anthony Giannobile | Prinicipal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-giannobile-2c94 |
| Deepak Sindwani | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepak-sindwani |

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