# John Stockton

> John Stockton is a seed investor at ATP Fund (Austin) backing Software and Automotive. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ATP Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atp-fund)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2013
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-stockton-8ba873/

John Stockton is an investment partner at ATP and a founding member of the team. Previously, Stockton has been a venture partner at both Mayfield Fund and Autotech Ventures, where he focused on semiconductor/MEMS/EDA and automotive sectors, respectively. John holds a Bachelor’s degree in nuclear and electrical engineering from theUniversity of Texas at Austin.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Automotive | 1 | 50% |
| 3D Printing | 1 | 50% |
| Video Games | 1 | 50% |
| Architecture | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 100% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lynx Laboratories | Lynx Laboratories is a technological leader in structural capture and next-generation photography. Their team has over twenty years of combined experience in machine learning - resulting in hundreds of publications and a few patents. Their company has received prestigious awards including the 1st Place Idea2Product (I2P) Texas, 1st Place I2PGlobal, Top 10 Dell Innovators and National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Funding. |  | Seed | Oct 10, 2013 |  |
| Ponte Solutions | Ponte Solutions, Inc. engages in delivering design-for-manufacturability solutions. It develops and markets model-based software products and design-for-manufacturing solutions that analyze, predict, and reduce the impact of process variability during the manufacture and design of semiconductors. The company’s customers include semiconductorcompanies, foundries, and design houses. Ponte Solutions, Inc. was formerly known as E-Z-CAD, Inc. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Mountain View, California with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia. As of May 15, 2008, Ponte Solutions, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Mentor Graphics Corp. (NasdaqNM: MENT). As of May 12, 2008, Ponte Solutions, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Mentor Graphics Corp. | $7.5M | Series B | Apr 25, 2007 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Austin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [U.S. Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/us-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [UT Horizon Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ut-horizon-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ATP Fund

VC Fund · Austin, United States

ATP Fund is an early-stage deep tech venture fund

4 contacts available at ATP Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Josh Alexander | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-alexander |
| John Stockton | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-stockton |
| Kyle Cox | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyle-cox-2 |
| Kyle Cox | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyle-cox |

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## FAQ

### What does John Stockton invest in?

John Stockton invests primarily in Software, Automotive and 3D Printing startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did John Stockton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Stockton closed in Oct 2013. Shizune tracks 2 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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