# John Danner

> John Danner is a seed investor at Danner Capital (San Francisco) backing Education and EdTech. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Danner Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danner-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwdanner/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jwdanner
- Website: https://x.com/jwdanner
- AngelList: https://angel.co/johnwdanner

John Danner is an Angel Investor at Danner Capital. Stanford University Distinguished Careers Institute from 2021 - to 2022.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $75k–$1M |
| Series A | $6M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 14 | 42% |
| EdTech | 9 | 27% |
| E-Learning | 9 | 27% |
| Software | 3 | 9% |
| Higher Education | 3 | 9% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 21% |
| Series A | 5 | 15% |
| Angel | 2 | 6% |
| Series B | 2 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 48% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 9% |
| Singapore | 2 | 6% |
| Peru | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Odyssey | Odyssey is the first business to create a product specifically for managing education savings accounts and microgrants. | $4.8M | Seed | Oct 26, 2022 |  |
| FourthRev | FourthRev is working to bridge the digital skills gap by connecting leading companies and universities to enable the delivery of up-to-date, industry relevant programs, ranging from micro-credentials through to degree courses. We do this by co-creating content and curriculum with leading technology companies, such as AWS, Salesforce and Tableau,which is delivered to learners by our university partners, either as stand-alone courses or as part of existing offerings. FourthRev then connects learners to employers in our partners ecosystems. | $8M | Series A | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| Stoa | Stoa helps professionals join and grow in business management roles at a fraction of the cost and time of a traditional MBA. The 6-month Stoa Program helps professionals develop relevant skills across industry sectors and business functions while the online learning community helps learners build their professional networks. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| Geniebook | Focused and Effective - Learning is more effective as Geniebook is powered by A.I. to focus your time & attention on mastering the areas you find challenging.Champion Progress - Geniebook encourages better academic performance by giving you greater visibility into learning progress & rewarding it.Empowered & Confident - WithGeniebook, everyone can confidently master any area of learning, anytime, anywhere. | $16.6M | Series A | Oct 19, 2021 |  |
| Ender | We believe portfolios are the future. We're a venture-backed startup based in Austin, TX on a mission to help every kid build one by creating a competition platform where kids can win cash prizes for building apps, games, websites, and other real-world projects. We're a team of game developers, educators, engineers, and designerspioneering the first learn-to-earn education model and are funded by some of the best investors in the education and gaming space. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Bindr | On Bindr students can join study sessions with their peers to hold each other accountable whenever they lose focus or just need some company while working from home. Anyone can start a study session and other students can join. In the sessions students are muted not to disturb each other but they can chat and become friends, and later on they canhave "Friends Only" study sessions. Unlike everyone else in this new space, we don't aim to build the most productive but the most supportive community in the world. |  | Pre-Seed | May 05, 2021 |  |
| FourthRev | FourthRev is working to bridge the digital skills gap by connecting leading companies and universities to enable the delivery of up-to-date, industry relevant programs, ranging from micro-credentials through to degree courses. We do this by co-creating content and curriculum with leading technology companies, such as AWS, Salesforce and Tableau,which is delivered to learners by our university partners, either as stand-alone courses or as part of existing offerings. FourthRev then connects learners to employers in our partners ecosystems. | $3.2M | Seed | Feb 09, 2021 |  |
| Maven | Maven is an online platform for cohort-based courses, enabling experts to create and teach engaging, live online classes on AI, product, engineering, design & more. Founded by Gagan Biyani (Udemy co-founder), Wes Kao (co-founder of altMBA), and Shreyans Bhansali (co-founder of Socratic), Maven empowers instructors with tools to build, market,and scale high-quality learning experiences. | $4.3M | Seed | Nov 12, 2020 |  |
| GetSetUp | GetSetUp is an online platform and community that helps older adults enjoy more fulfilling, independent, and socially connected lives through learning. GetSetUp offers on-demand, engaging learning experiences that range from teaching everyday technical skills to enrichment-focused courses taught by passionate instructors. | $10M |  | Oct 13, 2020 |  |
| GetSetUp | GetSetUp is an online platform and community that helps older adults enjoy more fulfilling, independent, and socially connected lives through learning. GetSetUp offers on-demand, engaging learning experiences that range from teaching everyday technical skills to enrichment-focused courses taught by passionate instructors. | $10M | Seed | Oct 12, 2020 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Reach Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reach-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Rethink Education](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rethink-education) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Danner Capital

VC Fund

Danner Capital is an investment firm.

1 contacts available at Danner Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Danner | Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jwdanner |

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## FAQ

### What does John Danner invest in?

John Danner invests primarily in Education, EdTech and E-Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 33 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 John Danner's check size?

John Danner typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$10M at Seed, $75k–$1M at Pre-Seed and $6M–$17M 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 John Danner participates in.

### When did John Danner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Danner closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 33 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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