# John Maloney

> John Maloney is a seed investor at Terrapin Bale Venture Fund & Studio backing Education and Apps. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Terrapin Bale Venture Fund & Studio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/terrapin-bale-venture-fund-studio)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-maloney/6/9a/67b
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/JohnMaloney
- Website: http://terrapinbale.com

John Maloney is a seed investor at Terrapin Bale Venture Fund & Studio in New York focused on Education and Apps. Managing Partner @TerrapinBale, Former President @Tumblr, @Circa, Co-founder UrbanBaby, angel investor

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $610k–$6M |
| Series A | $2.5M–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 4 | 17% |
| Apps | 3 | 13% |
| Video | 3 | 13% |
| Internet | 3 | 13% |
| Software | 3 | 13% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 70% |
| Series A | 3 | 13% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 87% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Parabeac | Parabeac helps app development teams automate their design to development process for UI/UX. | $685K | Seed | Nov 02, 2021 |  |
| SIMULATE | SIMULATE is an early-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable nutrition. SIMULATE’s first product, NUGGS, is a chicken nugget simulation made from plant inputs. Since NUGGS launched in the Summer of 2019, NUGGS has evolved into the fastest-growing chicken nugget on the planet. SIMULATE iscurrently developing other products, some that will launch later in the year. | $7M | Seed | Jul 09, 2019 |  |
| Pandascore | PandaScore provides statistics and odds for the top esports competitions globally. We’re building the data infrastructure that will take the industry to the next level using AI and deep esports expertise. Top teams, bookmakers, fantasy apps, and media companies use PandaScore to get the best esports data. Join us and take part in building thefuture of esports. | $2.9M | Seed | Jul 06, 2017 |  |
| Pandascore | PandaScore provides statistics and odds for the top esports competitions globally. We’re building the data infrastructure that will take the industry to the next level using AI and deep esports expertise. Top teams, bookmakers, fantasy apps, and media companies use PandaScore to get the best esports data. Join us and take part in building thefuture of esports. | $2.9M | Pre-Seed | Jul 06, 2017 |  |
| Svrf | Svrf was founded with the vision to empower people to see the world differently. Today, the Svrf platform does this by making 3D searchable, shareable, and accessible on all platforms.Svrf's iOS app enables anyone to create and share 3D filters on their phone. No prior 3D or game engine knowledge required!Svrf's API supercharges yourcamera or messaging application with the largest cross-platform database of 3D face filters, objects, and more: developers.svrf.com. | $700K | Angel | Mar 31, 2017 |  |
| Zype | AI-enabled and API-first, Zype powers reliable, scalable video streaming on your website, apps, and channels. Zype is a Backlight business. | $1.6M | Seed | Oct 27, 2015 |  |
| VidMob | VidMob is the world's leading platform for Intelligent Creative. We provide an end-to-end technology solution for all of a brand’s creative needs. It is an integrated platform combining AI-powered creative analytics with a production workflow system connected to a global network of expert creators. VidMob’s platform dramatically improves adcampaign ROI through actionable creative insights, faster creative turnaround, better performing ads and streamlined workflow. We are the only company in the world to receive a certified creative marketing partner badge from every major social and digital platform. A portion of every dollar VidMob receives is used to fund pro bono creative services for non-profits through the 501(c)(3) VidMob Gives. | $6M | Seed | Oct 15, 2015 |  |
| Two Hat Security | Two Hat’s AI-powered content moderation platform classifies, filters, and escalates more than 30 billion human interactions, including messages, usernames, images, and videos a month, all in real-time. With an emphasis on surfacing online harms including cyber-bullying, abuse, hate speech, violent threats, and child exploitation, we enable clientsacross a variety of social networks to foster safe and healthy user experiences.More than just a filter, we also provide an all-in-one content moderation solution, with data analysis, content escalations, flexible workflows, auto-moderated user reports, and more. Two Hat’s Community Sift is an enterprise-level AI-powered content moderation platform with a full suite of customizable tools, including chat filter, username, image and video that automatically removes bullying, harassment, hate speech, adult content, and other disruptive behavior from your platform.Powered by Two Hat, Sift Ninja is the world's smartest profanity filter for all social platforms. Powered by the same robust content classifiers as Two Hat’s Community Sift, think of Sift Ninja as “Community Sift Lite,” or “Community Sift for Startups”. An essentials-only profanity filter tool that automatically filters the worst content, including vulgarity, sexting, and racism | $538K | Seed | Oct 10, 2015 |  |
| Flogg | Flogg is an online platform that enables individuals to buy and sell with their loved ones and friends. It is available on the iOS platform. Flogg was launched by Ben Pasternak in September 2015 and is operated in New York. |  | Seed | Sep 14, 2015 |  |
| This | This. is where you find and share the best entertainment, art and journalism on the web. Follow the people you trust, give thanks for their links and share the links you love. Each user can share just 1 link a day. | $610K | Seed | Aug 11, 2015 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alven-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Learn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/learncapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lerer Hippeau](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lerer-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Terrapin Bale Venture Fund & Studio

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1 contacts available at Terrapin Bale Venture Fund & Studio.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Maloney | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-maloney |

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## FAQ

### What does John Maloney invest in?

John Maloney invests primarily in Education, Apps and Video startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 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 Maloney's check size?

John Maloney typically joins rounds of $610k–$6M at Seed and $2.5M–$4M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds John Maloney participates in.

### When did John Maloney last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Maloney closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 23 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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