# Jovono

> Jovono is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jovono/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jovono
- Website: https://jovono.com

Jovono is a venture capital firm that invests in paradigm-shifting founders. The firm supports missionary founders to help build companies that solve hard problems or make delightful products. Jovono was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $150k–$1.2M |
| Series A | $7M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 26% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 11% |
| Legal | 2 | 7% |
| Big Data | 2 | 7% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 19% |
| Series A | 5 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 15% |
| Secondary Market | 3 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 56% |
| Israel | 3 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Evan Zimmerman | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-zimmerman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Persist AI | Persist assist pharmaceutical companies in developing long-acting formulations 50% faster. Because the formulation development process is manual and relies on scientific intuition, it takes a pharmaceutical company 5-10 years to develop a long acting formulation for a drug. This effort is divided into five years of pre-clinical development and fiveyears of clinical testing. Their goal is to use machine learning and automation to reduce the time required for pre-clinical formulation development to three months, making the formulation development process 50% faster. | $4M | Seed | Apr 12, 2023 |  |
| Safe | Safe is an app that provides an email security service that verifies contacts. Safe was founded in 2021. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| Limit | Apollo Brokers provides software, digital wholesale brokers, technology, sales, and data services for commercial insurance. The company was founded in 2020, and is based in San Francisco, California, United States. | $14.5M | Series A | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| Limit | Apollo Brokers provides software, digital wholesale brokers, technology, sales, and data services for commercial insurance. The company was founded in 2020, and is based in San Francisco, California, United States. |  |  | Aug 05, 2022 |  |
| Paragon | Paragon is an embedded integration platform for SaaS apps, enabling companies to build products that integrate with the SaaS ecosystem. With Paragon, software companies can integrate with hundreds of different SaaS apps in minutes while providing their customers with a seamless, unified integration experience. Paragon's vision is to build theconnecting layer for all software that enables every application in the world to work together seamlessly.In the last year, they've grown by over 6x and now work with nearly 100 customers around the world. They've raised over $3.5M from world-class investors like Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Soma Capital, and Village Global, and have been featured in Techcrunch and Forbes. | $13M | Series A | Jul 27, 2022 |  |
| Proof | Proof is an identity-assured transaction management platform that verifies identities and secures digital transactions. It offers digital trust by verifying identities and securing transactions, ensuring protection for businesses and their customers. |  | Secondary Market | Mar 27, 2022 |  |
| Cogram | The AI Platform for Architects, Builders, and Engineers | $500K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Hyper | We're building the infrastructure to bring digital experience into the real world. Starting with an SDK for retail stores, which uses maps, AR and hyper-accurate indoor location. The biggest retailers in the world use our technology to drive customer experience. | $3.4M | Seed | Nov 23, 2021 |  |
| Synapbox | Synapbox is a startup that uses AI-powered tools to understand consumer engagement towards Ads. It utilizes emotional recognition, eye tracking, and surveys to understand consumer behavior and deliver key findings to improve the decision making processes among companies. Synapbox is cloud-based and deployed remotely using the participants ownlaptop or mobile camera. This innovative solution collects consumer data at speed and scale, providing Synapbox clients with a real and holistic view of their target audience. |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| DoNotPay | DoNotPay is an online robot lawyer that allows anyone to automatically claim asylum in the U.S, U.K, and Canada for free. | $10M | Series B | Aug 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FootPrint Coalition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/footprint-coalition) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FundersClub](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundersclub) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SGH CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sgh-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SharesPro](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sharespro) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Jovono invest in?

Jovono invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jovono's check size?

Jovono typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$4M at Seed, $150k–$1.2M at Pre-Seed and $7M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jovono participates in.

### How do I contact Jovono?

Public channels for Jovono include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Jovono?

The team at Jovono includes Evan Zimmerman (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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