# Jon Hallett

> Jon Hallett is a Series A investor at Hallett Capital backing Software. See 12 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Firm: [Hallett Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hallett-capital)
- Location: Atlanta, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonhallett
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hallettcapital

Jon Hallett is a Series A investor at Hallett Capital in Atlanta focused on Software and Internet. Jon Hallett is the Co-Founder of Gridline.Jon Hallett brings thirty years of entrepreneurship, investment and chairman experience to the table. He serves on numerous boards and is presently Chairman for data center management software vendor Stratacloud.Hallett is also Board Director for CloudTags, Chairman of Salesfusion, and ExecutiveChairman of BetterCloud. Hallett is involved at the Board level with Cloud Sherpas, and is a director at Hallett Capital.He was Executive Chairman for Northridge Systems for eleven years before it was acquired by Perficient.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $650k–$1.5M |
| Series A | $1.6M–$9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 67% |
| Internet | 3 | 25% |
| SaaS | 2 | 17% |
| Big Data | 2 | 17% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 17% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 33% |
| Seed | 3 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grayscale | Grayscale Labs is a feature-rich candidate engagement tool designed for hiring teams. | $7.5M | Series A | Sep 27, 2022 | https://grayscaleapp.com/ |
| Givebutter | Givebutter is a product-led company that develops an operating system for nonprofit fundraising. It was founded in 2016 by Ari Krasner, Liran Cohen, and Max Friedman. | $7M | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 | https://givebutter.com |
| Saleo | Saleo is the #1 sales demo experience platform helping software companies create incredible demos, that are data complete, directly within their live SaaS product. We help revenue teams shorten their sales cycle, increase win rates and close more deals by removing the burden of missing data, outdated demo environments and time consuming demo prep.Saleo provides complete control over every element on the page - graphs, metrics, tables, text, images & icons, enabling you to create the perfect software demo that connects directly to your customer's pain points and lands exactly the way you want. Customize new demos in minutes that turn more deals into “closed won.” | $1.5M | Seed | May 05, 2022 | https://saleo.io |
| Gridline | Gridline is a digital wealth platform that revolutionizes private market investing by providing individual investors with access to top-performing alternative asset managers, enabling them to build diversified portfolios in a matter of minutes through a fully digital experience. | $9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 08, 2022 | https://gridline.co |
| Kobiton | Kobiton is a mobile testing platform that accelerates the delivery and testing of mobile apps. It offers manual and automated testing on real devices, in the cloud, or on-premise.The company provides mobile app developers with access to real iOS and Android devices, allowing them to run manual or automated scripts, and identify issues inreal-time. With Kobiton, developers enjoy complete control over the entire mobile experience (multi-touch, GPS, camera, etc.), automatically generated activity logs, and highly detailed automation reports that are always accessible to the entire team.Kobiton was incorporated by Josh Lieberman and Vu Lam in 2016 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. It has additional offices in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. | $5.2M | Series A | Aug 21, 2019 | https://kobiton.com |
| Nexza | Nexza is a recruiting platform that confidentially connects software professionals with hiring software teams. Candidates create a detailed profile on the platform and an anonymous version of that profile is matched to compatible software teams. A candidate's identity is only revealed to the teams that the candidate chooses to engage. Byproviding candidate anonymity, the platform removes bias from the sourcing process and is highly attractive to passive candidates. Passive candidates tend to be the most desirable candidates and have traditionally been difficult for companies to engage. Nexza changes that. Nexza was launched in Atlanta and has plans to expand nationally and globally. | $650K | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2019 | https://www.nexza.com |
| Bark Technologies | Bark uses AI to detect and proactively alert parents to issues their children face, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, and school shooting threats. By only showing parents potential problems on their children's social media, text messaging, and email accounts, Bark's approach saves parents valuable time and helps build trustbetween parent and child.Bark Technologies was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | $9M | Series A | Aug 29, 2018 | https://www.bark.us/ |
| Blinkfire Analytics | Blinkfire Analytics uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to analyze multimedia resources and generate reports for teams, players, creator, and brands so they can better engage their fans and sponsors. Its key technology allows publishers and brands to analyze social media consumption and brand engagement, not only in text but alsoimages and video. The platform sits in the middle of the teams, players, brands, and fans to provide intelligence on social media publishing and sponsorship sales.It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $1.6M | Series A | Aug 23, 2017 | http://blinkfire.com |
| Bark Technologies | Bark uses AI to detect and proactively alert parents to issues their children face, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, and school shooting threats. By only showing parents potential problems on their children's social media, text messaging, and email accounts, Bark's approach saves parents valuable time and helps build trustbetween parent and child.Bark Technologies was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | $1.4M | Seed | Aug 12, 2016 | https://www.bark.us/ |
| Mattermark | Mattermark is a data platform for venture capital companies to quantify signals of growing and potentially lucrative start-ups.Mattermark offers deal intelligence to the world's leading dealmakers - venture capital, private equity, corporate development, sales, and marketing professionals looking to take a data-driven approach to dealsourcing and due diligence.The company was launched in 2012 as a data platform for VCs with hopes of becoming the go-to software for firms to use when quantifying signals of growing and potentially lucrative startups. | $7.3M | Series B | Mar 20, 2016 | https://mattermark.com |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Karlin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karlin-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Fuel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Miramar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miramar-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tech Square Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tech-square-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ardent Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardent-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mosley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mosley-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Jon Hallett invest in?

Jon Hallett invests primarily in Software, Internet and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Jon Hallett invest in?

Jon Hallett typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$7M at Seed, $650k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $1.6M–$9M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Jon Hallett's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Jon Hallett took part in.

### How do I contact Jon Hallett?

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### When did Jon Hallett last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jon Hallett closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 12 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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