Investing Profile

John Thompson

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Venture Partner at Moving Capital

lsvp.com/team/john-w-thompson...Redwood City, California

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Networks John is a member of

Moving Capital Network

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Moving Capital Network

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Microsoft Network

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IBM Network

339 CONNECTIONS

MIT Sloan School of Management Network

201 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Moving Capital Venture Partner

Investment Range

$3.0M - $20.0M

Sweet Spot

$15.0M

Investments On Record

John Thompson is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Enterprise (Seed)

John Thompson's Investments On Record (27)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Omnifold	Series AMay 2025$28M	$28M
Co-investors: Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Arif Janmohamed (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Guru Chahal (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout)
Avarra	SeedOct 2024$8M	$8M
Co-investors: Arif Janmohamed (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Ron Pragides
Gardens	Series AMay 2023$31M	$71M
Co-investors: Faraz Fatemi (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Shanti Bergel (Transcend Fund), Sikander Chahal (Transcend Fund), Andrew Sheppard (Transcend Fund), Eden Chen (Omni Creator Products), Ryan Wyatt (Polygon Labs), Nate Mitchell
Descope	SeedFeb 2023$53M	$88M
Co-investors: Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Nir Polak (SignalFire), Oren Yunger (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Guru Chahal (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Assaf Rappaport (Mensch Capital Partners), George Kurtz, Anshu Sharma
CyCognito	Series CDec 2021$100M Series BJul 2020$30M Series ANov 2019$18M	$150M
Co-investors: Ashvin Bachireddy (Andreessen Horowitz), William Allen (Harpoon), Ken Elefant (Sorenson Capital), Shuly Galili (UpWest), Dan Scheinman (Scheinman Angel Fund), Umesh Padval (Thomvest Ventures), Arif Janmohamed (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Eric Wolford (Accel-KKR), Gil Ben-Artzy (UpWest), Lia Cromwell (UpWest), Larsen Jensen (Harpoon)
Scribe	Series AOct 2021$22M SeedJan 2021$8M	$140M
Co-investors: Logan Bartlett (Redpoint Ventures), Mike Dauber (Amplify Partners), Eric Wu (Resolute Ventures), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, LP), Scott Belsky (A24), Uria Lin (Entitle - a BeyondTrust company)
LeapYear Technologies	Series UnknownSep 2021$15M Series BMay 2019$26M	$54M
Co-investors: Enrique Salem (Bain Capital Ventures), Larsen Jensen (Harpoon), Charles Seely (Stealth)
Seismic	Series GAug 2021$170M Series FSep 2020$92M Series EDec 2018$100M	$430M
Co-investors: Pete Solvik (Jackson Square Ventures), Gary Reiner (General Atlantic)

John Thompson's Experience

General Manager IBM Americas IBMPresent

General Manager IBM Americas IBM India Private LimitedPresent

Chairman of the Board SymantecPresent

Chairman of the Board MicrosoftPresent

Executive Advisor Moving CapitalPresent

Executive Advisor Riverwood Capital ManagementPresent

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer SymantecPresent

Chief Executive Officer Virtana Corp.Present

Chief Executive Officer Virtual InstrumentsPresent

Venture Partner Moving CapitalPresent

Venture Partner Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent

John Thompson's Education

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Bachelor of Arts Business Administration

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management Masters in Management Science Management

MIT Sloan School of Management Masters in Management Science Management

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