# John Pleasants

> John Pleasants is a seed investor at Amber backing E-Commerce. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Amber
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-pleasants-5985a04

John Pleasants is a seed investor at Amber in San Francisco focused on E-Commerce and Social Network. John Pleasants is the CEO and Co-founder at Brava Home Inc. John Pleasants attended Yale University, Harvard Business School

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.6M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| Social Network | 2 | 33% |
| Gaming | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Valley | A Digital Silicon Valley | $3.2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2022 |  |
| Wonder | Wonder is a food technology company that operates a mealtime platform offering restaurant meals, prepared foods, meal kits, and food delivery through a unified ordering experience. It develops and manages food preparation, ordering, and delivery using proprietary technology, including its Infinite Kitchen food robotics platform. The companypartners with chefs and restaurant brands to provide a variety of meal options that customers can order through its platform. It also manages the preparation and fulfillment process to support delivery and pickup services across its locations. Additionally, Wonder expands its food ecosystem through the operation and integration of restaurant concepts, meal kit services, and delivery capabilities. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2016 |  |
| Wonder | Wonder is a gaming company that develops an all-in-one gaming platform for Android mobile devices. Wonder's platform allows users to play, stream, and share games across devices seamlessly, thereby enhancing the gaming experience for all. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2016 |  |
| The Grid | This is not another do-it-yourself website builder. The Grid harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to take everything you throw at it - videos, images, text, urls and more - and automatically shape them into a custom website unique to you. As your needs grow, it evolves with you, effortlessly adapting to your needs. Want to add e-commerce?Social feeds? A different layout? The Grid just takes care of it. This is not a website builder. This is your personal AI web developer. Its first masterpiece is the website you're looking at right now. Its next one could be yours. | $4.6M | Series A | Dec 02, 2014 |  |
| The Grid | This is not another do-it-yourself website builder. The Grid harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to take everything you throw at it - videos, images, text, urls and more - and automatically shape them into a custom website unique to you. As your needs grow, it evolves with you, effortlessly adapting to your needs. Want to add e-commerce?Social feeds? A different layout? The Grid just takes care of it. This is not a website builder. This is your personal AI web developer. Its first masterpiece is the website you're looking at right now. Its next one could be yours. | $3.1M | Seed | Apr 01, 2014 |  |
| MetroGames | Our goal is to become a world leader in the fast-growing field of social games by that focus on aesthetics and playability, transforming each game into a unique experience to share with friends.We have released more than 40 games and are constantly working on new ideas to keep pace with the explosive growth of Facebook and other socialnetworks.Our team consists of more than 100 of the brightest minds in the industry and is growing every day.We take social networking seriously and are always looking for innovative and fun ways to connect players with their friends. | $5M | Series A |  |  |

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## Co-investors
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aafmanagement) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Proton Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/proton-enterprises) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Third Wave Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-wave-digital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Amber

VC Fund · Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Amber is a fusion of an intelligent car-sharing platform with a modular, autonomous, and customizable electric car designed specifically to be shared. They provide guaranteed, on-demand mobility at all times and within walking distance. In 2022 Amber merged with MyWheels to become part of The Sharing Group.

2 contacts available at Amber.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Pleasants | Director Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-pleasants |
| Merien ten Houten | Founder | — |

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## FAQ

### What does John Pleasants invest in?

John Pleasants invests primarily in E-Commerce, Social Network and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does John Pleasants invest in?

John Pleasants typically joins rounds of $4.6M–$5M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not John Pleasants's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds John Pleasants took part in.

### How do I contact John Pleasants?

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### When did John Pleasants last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Pleasants closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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