John Willmoth
Venture Partner @ Chrysalis Ventures
Louisville, United States
John Willmoth is a Series A investor at Chrysalis Ventures in Louisville focused on Software and Mobile. John joined Chrysalis in 2007, initially as Executive-in-Residence and one year later as Venture Partner. An expert in wireless telecommunications, he assists current portfolio companies in the technology sector. John serves on the board of directors for select Chrysalis investments.John has over 20 years of business development, strategicplanning and financial experience, most recently as Vice President, Business Development of Sprint Nextel Corporation. As a member of Nextel’s senior management team since 1989, he was instrumental in leading the company through an intensive growth phase via a series of mergers and acquisitions, and completed several significant new business transactions including the creation of Nextel Partners, Inc. and Boost Mobile LLC. In recent years, John managed Nextel’s private equity investments and led the negotiations with technology, infrastructure, and device partners for the company’s planned rollout of Wimax technology. Before joining Nextel, John worked for First Chicago Corporation in various capacities, principally in the areas of venture capital, mezzanine capital and private equity.John has a BA from Amherst College and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 83%
Last updated:
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Industries John Willmoth invests in
Stages John Willmoth invests in
Countries John Willmoth invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (50%)
- Mobile 1 (17%)
- Security 1 (17%)
- Marketing 1 (17%)
- Advertising 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (33%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
Investments
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| Switcher Studio is a mobile video app that lets you sync up to four iPhones and iPads to record and stream LIVE video to services like YouTube and Ustream. Insert photos and graphic overlays, manage multi-view effects, and more. | $2.4M / Seed / Apr 13, 2020 | ||
| PERQ, a high-growth Indianapolis marketing technology company, has rapidly expanded its footprint. More than 1,000 businesses in the home furnishings, auto retailing and multifamily industries trust PERQ’s Marketing Cloud to empower them with the strategy, process and technology to drive data-driven marketing & sales strategies that lead toincreased sales. | $6M / Series A / Jul 08, 2019 | ||
| Switcher Studio is a mobile video app that lets you sync up to four iPhones and iPads to record and stream LIVE video to services like YouTube and Ustream. Insert photos and graphic overlays, manage multi-view effects, and more. | $300K / Seed / Feb 28, 2018 | ||
| Switcher Studio is a mobile video app that lets you sync up to four iPhones and iPads to record and stream LIVE video to services like YouTube and Ustream. Insert photos and graphic overlays, manage multi-view effects, and more. | $300K / Seed / Feb 28, 2017 | ||
| Open Kernel Labs supplies software products and professional services to OEMs and other organizations developing and deploying intelligent devices. OK Labs leadership in development of microkernel technology and its application to the creation of device software enables embedded virtualization, secure componentization, trustworthy implementation,and verification, improving the development process for increasingly complex embedded systems software. Open Kernel Labs, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $7.6M / Jan 15, 2009 | ||
| Mobile Armor provides security products for mobile devices as laptops, PDAs, smart phones and USB flash drives to protect sensitive data. They are able to do this through encryption and authentication technology. Mobile Armor, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri. | $6M / Series A / Jun 14, 2007 |
Co-Investors
About Chrysalis Ventures
Chrysalis Ventures is a source of equity capital for young growth companies in the "under-ventured" Midwest and South. Chrysalis invests primarily in early-stage and expansion-stage companies in healthcare services and technology, media and communications, and business services.
Chrysalis Ventures Contacts
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Doug Cobb
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Wright Steenrod
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Jan Bruce
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John Willmoth
Venture Partner
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Mike Shea
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
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What does John Willmoth invest in?
John Willmoth invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Security startups, most often at Series A and Seed 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.
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