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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

  • Board Member

    2021

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Advisor

    2008 - 2009

    Market, strategy and business assistance to early stage startups pursuing communications, software and mobility solutions.

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