# John A. Young

> John A. Young is a funding round investor backing Finance and Incubators. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2011
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

John A. Young is a funding round investor focused on Finance and Incubators. John A. Young is the Board Director of Nanosys Inc. since 2004 .He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard Company from 1978 to 1992 .He served in other capacities at Hewlett-Packard from 1958 to 1978 . Mr. Young currently serves as the Chairman of Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. He also serves on the Boards ofDirectors of,Affymetrix Inc., Perlegen Sciences, Inc., Fluidigm Corporation,Lucent Technologies, Inc. Mr. Young holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University.An M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Incubators | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JFDI.Asia | Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI.Asia) is a Singapore-based seed accelerator modelled on Techstars that has 60% success taking start-up businesses from idea to $600k seed investment in 100 days.JFDI.Asia's focus is on mobile and digital products and services made in Asia, for Asia. Its customers are business start-up teams, early stagebusiness investor/acquirers, and organizations that seek to inspire innovation and entrepreneurship in their workforce. | $950K |  | Sep 26, 2011 | http://jfdi.asia |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Media Development Authority](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/media-development-authority) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Singtel Innov8](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singtel-innov8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Spring Singapore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spring-singapore) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does John A. Young invest in?

John A. Young invests primarily in Finance and Incubators startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did John A. Young last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John A. Young closed in Sep 2011. 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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