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John Dougery

Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners

Menlo Park, California

Overview 

John Dougery is a Seed VC based in Menlo Park, California, known for backing early-stage founders and investing in sectors like security, consumer health, and AI. With a background as Co-Founder & Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners and investments in companies like Motivo and Credit Sesame, he brings a wealth of experience in venture capital and strategic partnerships to his current role. Highlights of John's career include founding Inventus Capital Partners and serving as a board director for various successful companies, showcasing his expertise in identifying promising startups and guiding them towards growth and success in the market.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder & Managing Director

    2005 - Current

    Silicon Valley venture firm leading seed-stage investments in consumer and business technology startups.

  • Partner

    2021

SVQUAD is an investment firm.

  • Advisor

    2017

  • Board Director

    2022

Daxa enables organizations to create compliant, secure, and responsible Gen AI apps.

Raised $3,125,000.00 from Dreamit Ventures.

  • Board Director

    2021

  • Board Director

    2021

The new era of real estate

Raised $5,800,000.00 from Tunitas Ventures, Z21 Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners, SVQUAD and Dheeraj Pandey.

  • Board Director

    2020

    Leading software solution for cyber-security, inventory & operational management of medical devices.

Asimily's IoMT risk remediation platform holistically secures the mission-critical healthcare devices that deliver safe and reliable care.

Raised $19,970,000.00 from Ridge Ventures, MemorialCare Innovation Fund, Engineering Capital, New Leaf Venture Partners, Ridge Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners and Eileses Capital.

  • Board Director

    2017

    Applying proprietary AI to enable manufacturing companies to dramatically reduce costs and improve time to market.

  • Board Director

    2014

    Leading cloud data backup & protection solution.

  • Board Director

    2014

    Digital markeplace where parents discover & enroll their children in camps & activities.

ActivityHero is a marketplace for kids camps and classes. Families can find in-person, online or on-demand activities for their kids.

Raised $2,200,000.00 from Inventus Capital Partners, IAN Group, Inventus Capital Partners, Founder Friendly Labs and 500 Global.

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