# John Owen

> John Owen is a seed investor in New Canaan backing Mobile and Retail. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New Canaan, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-owen-a22a43ab

John Owen is a seed investor in New Canaan focused on Mobile and Retail. John Owen

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Travel | 1 | 33% |
| Leisure | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Travelstride | We connect people with well-planned, experiential trips.PURPOSE: Bring wonder, joy, learning, and connection through better and more frequent travel.MISSION: Fostering a community connecting travelers with wonderful places, people and experiences.INVESTORS: Backed by top travel and tech investors including NFX, JetBlue Ventures, StanfordStartX Fund, Sand Hill Angels, New York Angels, Plug n Play Ventures, and the cofounders of Hipmunk, TripIt, Get There, Trulia, Sherman's Travel, Lastminute.com, JetBlue and Google Now.TEAM: The founding team and advisors were previously leaders at Viator, Intrepid, Bain, Starwood Hotels, Kayak, Yelp, Liftopia, All Trails, TripIt, Trainline, Hotels.com, OneFineStay, and Flight Network.RECOGNITION: Winner of the Phocuswright Innovation Battleground - travel tech's premier startup competition. "Top 6 Travel App" Washington Times, "Top resource for tours" Frommers.Travelstride is the most comprehensive search engine and reviews platform for all professionally planned vacations and trip planners - the Airbnb or Houzz of the category. We were all born to explore and yearn to connect more deeply with people and places, yet the hassles of planning the logistics stops millions of people from their dream trips each year. Whatever wonderful travel means to you, Travelstride provides the simplest path to finding your perfect trip with the right balance of comfort and adventure.We are building the most engaged community marketplace for wonderful travel, made easy. We've influenced over 3 million travelers so far and host more than 50,000 professionally-planned trips - from private tailor-made vacations to group tour packages, to expedition cruises, to independent adventures. With itineraries across every continent planned by 1,500+ of the best local experts and global companies, everyone can find the perfect trip for their style and budget. Powered by expert advice and real traveler reviews, the Travelstride community enables travelers to explore places near and far with curiosity, confidence, and connections.VISION: Become the most useful and active travel community, where people of all stripes find, share, and book wonderful trips. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 05, 2017 |  |
| Shoppable | Shoppable is a profitable technology company with a suite of e-commerce products surrounding Shoppable's patented, universal checkout API. Shoppable's solutions enable advertisers, retailers, and publishers to create shoppable sites, content, ads, videos, mobile apps, recipes, and other innovative commerce experiences.The company wasfounded in 2011 in San Francisco and is now headquartered in New York. | $3.5M | Series A | Aug 02, 2016 |  |
| Travelstride | We connect people with well-planned, experiential trips.PURPOSE: Bring wonder, joy, learning, and connection through better and more frequent travel.MISSION: Fostering a community connecting travelers with wonderful places, people and experiences.INVESTORS: Backed by top travel and tech investors including NFX, JetBlue Ventures, StanfordStartX Fund, Sand Hill Angels, New York Angels, Plug n Play Ventures, and the cofounders of Hipmunk, TripIt, Get There, Trulia, Sherman's Travel, Lastminute.com, JetBlue and Google Now.TEAM: The founding team and advisors were previously leaders at Viator, Intrepid, Bain, Starwood Hotels, Kayak, Yelp, Liftopia, All Trails, TripIt, Trainline, Hotels.com, OneFineStay, and Flight Network.RECOGNITION: Winner of the Phocuswright Innovation Battleground - travel tech's premier startup competition. "Top 6 Travel App" Washington Times, "Top resource for tours" Frommers.Travelstride is the most comprehensive search engine and reviews platform for all professionally planned vacations and trip planners - the Airbnb or Houzz of the category. We were all born to explore and yearn to connect more deeply with people and places, yet the hassles of planning the logistics stops millions of people from their dream trips each year. Whatever wonderful travel means to you, Travelstride provides the simplest path to finding your perfect trip with the right balance of comfort and adventure.We are building the most engaged community marketplace for wonderful travel, made easy. We've influenced over 3 million travelers so far and host more than 50,000 professionally-planned trips - from private tailor-made vacations to group tour packages, to expedition cruises, to independent adventures. With itineraries across every continent planned by 1,500+ of the best local experts and global companies, everyone can find the perfect trip for their style and budget. Powered by expert advice and real traveler reviews, the Travelstride community enables travelers to explore places near and far with curiosity, confidence, and connections.VISION: Become the most useful and active travel community, where people of all stripes find, share, and book wonderful trips. |  | Seed | Feb 22, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NFX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nfxcapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [On Grid Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ongrid-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does John Owen invest in?

John Owen invests primarily in Mobile, Retail and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact John Owen?

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### When did John Owen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Owen closed in Jun 2017. Shizune tracks 3 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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