joh John
Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Corazon Capital
Chicago, United States
joh John is a seed investor at Corazon Capital in Chicago focused on Software and Mobile. Sam Yagan is the current Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Corazon Monoceros. He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Corazon Capital. He previously worked at Leaders In Tech as a Director. Sam Yagan attended Stanford University and Harvard University.
- Total investments:
- 27
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
Last updated:
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Industries joh John invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (22%)
- Mobile 3 (11%)
- Financial Services 3 (11%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (11%)
- Apps 2 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (48%)
- Series A 4 (15%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (7%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
- Series C 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 19 (70%)
- United Kingdom 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Tandem is a financial operating system for couples. It offers a payment application designed to offer a quick and easy way for couples to share expenses. The company's application puts expense sharing on auto-pilot, helps split expenses with a swipe, and imports expenses from cards and accounts, enabling users to get a better handle on theirmoney. | $3.7M / Seed / Jan 17, 2024 | ||
| GameTree has helped over half a million gamers discover friends and games they will love most in an increasingly crowded and lonely world. The iOS/Android/web/desktop app uses psychology + AI to provide top-tier recommendations. | $1.7M / Seed / Dec 04, 2023 | ||
| CFX Labs Inc. operates in the banking industry, focusing on revolutionizing global payment processing. The company envisions a world where money can move across borders with ease, accessibility, and security. CFX Labs Inc. is known for its product, MoveMoney.com, which is a significant offering in the fintech space. The company operates in aheavily regulated industry, adhering to strict laws and regulations governing financial transactions. CFX Labs Inc. is a privately held entity with a small team of dedicated professionals. | $9.5M / Seed / Nov 15, 2023 | ||
| ARTA is a logistics software and fulfillment service. Their API automates shipping and fulfillment for value and collectible objects. Their resources focused on post-sale fulfillment for online and offline sellers. They specialize in logistical services for art, design, furniture, antiques, jewelry, watches, and collectibles. | $11M / Series A / Oct 11, 2022 | ||
| nVenue’s unmatched technology leverages the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence to quickly and accurately generate probabilities for every outcome of a play. | $3.5M / Seed / Mar 02, 2022 | ||
| Lovewick is a couples app on a mission to make the world happier and healthier through fulfilling, fun relationships. With an exploratory question game and hundreds of community-powered couples' ideas, the app helps people in relationships cultivate understanding, appreciation, and novelty. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Feb 14, 2022 | ||
| ARTA is a logistics software and fulfillment service. Their API automates shipping and fulfillment for value and collectible objects. Their resources focused on post-sale fulfillment for online and offline sellers. They specialize in logistical services for art, design, furniture, antiques, jewelry, watches, and collectibles. | $4.5M / Seed / May 27, 2021 | ||
| Happs is a global community working together to change the face of live news. Happs is a live streaming news platform that covers top stories from around the world. Using Happs app, it alerts the community to global breaking or trending news events — this could be an article, tweet, image, or live video of the event. | Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| ExecThread is the world's largest network of executive-level talent with over 40,000 high-caliber members, whose collective influence is shaping the future of industry. We help hiring companies & recruiters connect with diverse, dynamic leaders; and we help talented exec-level professionals find their dream jobs. By empowering our membercommunity of underrepresented leaders and allies with access to thousands of confidential executive-level jobs and board of director opportunities, ExecThread is upending the traditional practices of executive search and replacing it with a far more transparent, open and inviting process. | $6.5M / Sep 14, 2017 | ||
| SpotHero is the leading & only independent consumer marketplace for parking in North America. | $30M / Series C / Jul 18, 2017 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Corazon Capital
Born out of a love for building startups and a passion for backing entrepreneurs with heart, Corazon Capital (spanish for “heart”), a leading Chicago-based venture fund, brings a coastal approach to Seed and Series A investing. With a rare blend of investing experience and operating expertise, Corazon provides unusually pragmatic, actionablecounsel to the entrepreneurs it supports. Corazon believes that the best entrepreneurs and the smartest VCs will intentionally solicit both financial and operating investors in their syndicates, with Corazon recognized across geographies for its deep operating knowledge and reach inside and outside of Chicago.Corazon’s co-founders, Sam Yagan and Steve Farsht, have accomplished track records as investors and operators. Sam co-founded SparkNotes, eDonkey, and OKCupid before posting up as CEO of Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) through its IPO, and most recently taking the reins as the CEO of Shoprunner. As a General Partner at Norwest Equity Partners, Steve participated in its growth from five to twenty-five investment professionals. He honed his operating chops as CEO of DCM Services, an NEP portfolio company. After moving to Chicago, Steve immersed himself in the startup ecosystem, first as COO of Tap.me and then co-CEO of Techstars Chicago. Upon launching its second fund, Corazon added Phil Schwarz, the former CMO of Tinder, where he was responsible for growth, brand and retention marketing on a global basis. Previously, Phil was Head of Growth Initiatives at Match Group and co-founder of the Kaplan/Techstars EdTech accelerator.Together, Corazon’s principals have founded six companies through to four exits, served as CEOs of companies worth over $5 billion (including taking a company public), executed over $1 billion in acquisitions, invested in excess of $300 million in private companies, and held over 30 board seats.
Corazon Capital Contacts
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Nina Essandoh
Vice President & Investor
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Chris Coyne
Venture Partner
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Christian Rudder
Founding Venture Partner
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joh John
Co-Founder & Managing Director
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Josh Graves
Senior Associate & Investor
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What does joh John invest in?
joh John invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Financial Services 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.
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The most recent investment recorded for joh John closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 27 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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