# John Waller

> John Waller is a pre-seed investor at Okapi Venture Capital backing Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Okapi Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/okapi-venture-capital)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jgwaller
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jgwaller

John Waller is a pre-seed investor at Okapi Venture Capital in Los Angeles focused on Software and Information Technology. John Waller is the Partner of Okapi Venture Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Media and Entertainment | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deepcast.fm | Deepcast.fm is a technology company that reimagines the familiar with infused intelligence and amplified experience. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Sep 06, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Okapi Venture Capital

VC Fund · Laguna Beach, United States

Okapi Venture Capital provides long-term capital and management support to emerging businesses in the information technology and life science sectors. They take pride in partnering with exceptionally talented entrepreneurs and operational executives to develop valuable high growth businesses.They are currently managing Okapi Ventures I, LP - aventure capital fund chartered to invest in seed and early-stage information technology and life science companies along the Tech Coast that is southern California with a particular emphasis on Orange County startups.

5 contacts available at Okapi Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jeff Bocan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-bocan |
| John Waller | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-waller |
| Marc Averitt | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-marc-averitt |
| Matthew McRae | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-mcrae |
| Sharon Stevenson | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sharon-stevenson |

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## FAQ

### What does John Waller invest in?

John Waller invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Waller last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Waller closed in Sep 2023. 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.

### 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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