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John Collison

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Description

John Collison is a President and Co-founder at Stripe. He attended Harvard University.

John and his brother Patrick Collison started Stripe...

Investor Profile

John Collison has backed more than 39 startups, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 3 rounds, about 8% of its total and boasts 5 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series A, Series C rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, United Kingdom, Ireland.
  • Strong thematic focus on Software, Enterprise Software, Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Stage Focus

  • Seed (41%)
  • Series A (26%)
  • Series C (18%)
  • Series B (10%)
  • Series Unknown (5%)

Country Focus

  • United States (87%)
  • United Kingdom (8%)
  • Ireland (3%)
  • France (3%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Enterprise Software
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Information Technology
  • Productivity Tools
  • Software Engineering
  • Developer Apis
  • Robotics
  • Internet
  • Saas
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Who does John Collison frequently co-invest with?

Sequoia Capital
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 7
South Park Commons
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
TechNexus Venture Collaborative
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 2
Google Ventures
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 4
Liquid 2 Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3
Index Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
Y Combinator
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 6
SV Angel
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 7
Accel
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 3
Andreessen Horowitz
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 4

Which angels does John Collison often collaborate with?

JD
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
PB
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Shared Deals: 3
DG
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
NF
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 18
PC
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 16
AD
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 3
Daniel Gross
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 14
FE
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 4
JK
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
EG
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 11

What are some of recent deals done by John Collison?

Centivax

South San Francisco, California, United States

Centivax is a biotechnology company that develops vaccines and therapeutic antibodies targeting infectious diseases and venomous threats.

BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsMedicalTherapeutics
Series UnknownMar 30, 2026
Amount Raised: $37,000,000
Entrepreneurs First

London, England, United Kingdom

Entrepreneurs First runs programs that identify individuals pursuing technology startups and support them during early company formation.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentFinanceFinancial ServicesVenture Capital
Series DMar 11, 2026
Amount Raised: $200,000,000
MatX

Mountain View, California, United States

MatX is an AI semiconductor company that designs custom chips and hardware architectures to support large language models.

AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)HardwareManufacturingSemiconductor
Series BFeb 24, 2026
Amount Raised: $500,000,000
Monaco

San Francisco, California, United States

Monaco provides an AI-native revenue platform for startups that replaces legacy CRM systems and separate sales tools.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)CRMMachine LearningSoftware
Series AFeb 11, 2026
Amount Raised: $25,000,000
Flow Engineering

London, England, United Kingdom

Reinvent the way humanity develops its most important machines

AerospaceCollaborationEnterprise SoftwareMechanical EngineeringProduct DesignSaaSSoftware
Series AOct 14, 2025
Amount Raised: $23,000,000
Rivan Industries

Lewisham, Lewisham, United Kingdom

Rivan Industries designs and builds modular, vertically integrated, synthetic fuel plants.

IndustrialIndustrial EngineeringRenewable Energy
SeedMay 21, 2025
Amount Raised: $13,427,793
NewLimit

South San Francisco, California, United States

NewLimit is a biotech company developing epigenetic therapies to extend human healthspan by reprogramming aging cells.

BiotechnologyClinical TrialsHealth Care
Series BMay 6, 2025
Amount Raised: $130,000,000
Cortex

San Francisco, California, United States

Cortex is the leading internal developer portal empowering engineering teams to do their best work.

Developer PlatformHealth CareInformation TechnologyMental HealthPrecision MedicineProductivity ToolsSoftware
Series CSep 4, 2024
Amount Raised: $60,000,000
The Bot Company

San Francisco, California, United States

The Bot Company a household robot startup.

Robotics
SeedMay 13, 2024
Amount Raised: $150,000,000
Cognition

San Francisco, California, United States

Cognition is an applied artificial intelligence lab that focuses on reasoning and code.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation TechnologyInternet
Series AMar 12, 2024
Amount Raised: $21,000,000

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