# John Sharp

> John Sharp is a funding round investor at Hatcher+ (Singapore). See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hatcher+](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hatcher)
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsharp1/?ppe=1
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jsharp
- Website: https://hq.hatcher.com

John Sharp is a funding round investor at Hatcher+ in Singapore. John is a veteran entrepreneur and angel investor, currently CEO of Hatcher, a leading B2b accelerator based in Singapore – investor in fast-growing startups ApexPeak, Dropsuite, Heardable, Onroom, Inzen Studio, LenderExchange, Keygo, SocialCops, ThoughtRiver, and Telr – and home to a hard-working, super-fun crew. Orchestrated merger of Telr withInnovate Payments, creating UAE’s fastest-growing online payment platform. Managed fund-raising efforts resulting in over US$100m in equity/debt raised for portfolio companies to date.Chairman and CEO of Content and Systems, an investment holding company. First round angel investor in DocDoc, built user platform, orchestrated and led the merger of Asia’s two leading health portals: DocDoc and DoctorPage. Co-founded/funded and built the platforms for Hatcher and leading brand information portal, Heardable.com.Prior to 2010, founded DealHorizon.com, advised Gateway Communications, based in London and Cape Town, MDS America, based in the US, Sheeel.com, based in Kuwait, and Wontok, based in Sydney. Director for mobile payments leader Mozido, based in Dallas, advised Orion Partners, a $2B private equity fund based in Hong Kong. Chairman of Authentium (acquired by Commtouch), a leading security software company based in Palm Beach.Patents and inventions include SafeCentral, the leading kernel-level security technology (acquired by Wontok), and related secure DNS and secure payment technologies.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cropify | AgTech, AI technology driven grain classification | $1.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 28, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mandalay Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mandalay-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Hatcher+

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Hatcher+ is a global data-driven early-stage venture firm and we have analyzed over 600,000 VC transactions and constructed over 4 billion virtual VC portfolios to explore the return profiles of various strategies. The insights have led us to build a smart beta, indexed like approach to venture investing that delivers robust, predictable returns,global deal flows from our massive global network of deal origination partners and co-investment opportunities. The Hatcher+ VAAST (Venture-as-a-Service Technology) platform is the world’s most advanced venture as a service technology platform – VAAST enables investors to analyze deals, build custom portfolios, manage tasks and teams – and accept inbound applications from startups via a branded interface.

3 contacts available at Hatcher+.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Sharp | Managing Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-sharp-2 |
| Daniel Hoogterp | Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-hoogterp |
| Wissam Otaky | Co-Founder & Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wissam-otaky |

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## FAQ

### When did John Sharp last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Sharp closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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