John Drewry
Investor at FusionX Ventures
Solana Beach, California
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2018 - Current
FusionX Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund started by entrepreneurs who enjoy working alongside smart founders to provide the support they need to build great companies.
EIR
2017 - 2018
FusionX Ventures is an early-stage investment fund focused on helping companies build the next generation of cloud-enabled Smart Machines.
Board Member
2021
Alida Biosciences is a biotech company creating RNA analysis tools to improve human health.
Raised $16,610,000.00 from National Human Genome Research Institute.
Board Member
2018
Board Member
2019 - 2024
Advisor
2015 - 2018
Executive advisor providing business strategy, financing readiness, product definition, market validation, go-to-market design, operational and general business support for early stage ventures and venture capital firms. Focus on SaaS, Mobile, IoT, B2B Software and Security.
VP Product Management
2014 - 2015
Magnet Systems delivers advanced mobile messaging for developers. Mobile SDK and server software lets developers easily add push notifications, chat, rich messaging, feedback and more to iOS and Android mobile apps. Solution is open source and enterprise-grade. I led the product team through the definition, development and launch of the first commercial products.
Advisor
2011 - 2014
(Acquired by SentinelOne) Attivo Networks is the leader in dynamic deception technology, which detects real-time intrusions inside the network, data center, and cloud before the data is breached. Not reliant on signatures, Attivo uses high-interaction deception techniques to lure BOTs/APTs to reveal themselves, provides actionable alerts, and the forensics to shut down cyber-attacks.
Attivo Networks provides identity detection and response for cyber attacks.
Raised $60,108,747.00 from Singtel Innov8, Bain Capital, Energy Impact Partners, Forgepoint Capital, Omidyar Technology Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Forgepoint Capital and Singtel Innov8.
President & Founder
2011 - 2014
(Acquired by MobileIron) Averail provides a secure mobile content app for enterprise (iOS & Android). We allow mobile employees to be more productive by giving them powerful and intuitive mobile software to access, edit and share business content without sacrificing enterprise security and control. I founded Averail, built the team and closed Seed and Series A financings.
VP of Marketing
2009 - 2011
(Acquired by Qualcomm) Venture backed startup that developed consumer networking solutions for online gaming and other real-time network applications (e.g. voice, video). I led the team in the development and introduction of the award-winning Killer 2100, a retail product combining bandwidth control with industry-leading performance. We also secured major design wins for embedded solutions and wireless modules with leading motherboard and notebook manufacturers.
Bigfoot Networks develops hardware and software solutions that maximize network performance for online gaming and other real-time apps.
Raised $20,750,000.00 from Raven Venture Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity and Palomar Ventures.
Advisor
2008 - 2009
Market, strategy and business assistance to early stage startups pursuing communications, software and mobility solutions.