John Francis
John Francis brings his experiences as an operator and institutional venture investor. John along with Clay Gordon founded Stout Street Capital in 2017. As General Partner he focuses on investment opportunities in the IT software serving sectors such as Construction, Government, Energy, Cleantech, Media, Advertising, HR, Healthcare and Cloud services. John works actively on several portfolio company boards including Schola, Fluent Forever, Botco.ai and Ad Fontes. He previously served on the boards of Popwallet (acquired by Snapchat (Nasdaq: SNAP)) and has made investments in companies such as Left Hand Robotics(Acquired by TORO(NYSE:TTS).
Profile
- Website: http://www.stoutstreetcapital.com
- Check Size: $100K - $500K
- Total Investment: 58
- Check Size Sweet Spot: $200K
- Investment ARR Baseline: $0
- Investment Track Record (IRR): 24%
- Round Size: $1M - $4M
- Business Model Preferences: B2B, B2C, B2B2C
- Stage Preferences: Angel, Pre Seed, Seed, Series A
- Sector Preferences:
- Investments Region Preferences: None
Investments
Blogs
Current Portfolio
Company Name | Deal Type | Investment Date | Company Website |
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ThreatX | Series A | April 04, 2018 |
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Tomahawk Robotics | Seed | December 11, 2018 |
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Curate | Seed | December 18, 2018 |
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ReturnLogic | Seed | August 04, 2020 |
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Blockthrough | Seed | October 19, 2018 |
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