John Johnston

Angel Investor. Focus: B2B; B2C; SaaS. Mr. John Johnston is a Co-Founding Partner of August Capital. Prior to co-founding August Capital, He served as a general partner with two venture capital firms, Technology Venture Investors (TVI) since 1988 and Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners (H&Q) from 1983 to 1988. During his venture career, he has invested in more than 25 companies, serving on more than 20 boards of directors. His high-technology venture investments include eShop (acquired by Microsoft), Frame Technology, Intuit, Insignia Solutions, Logic Automation (acquired by Synopsys), Saros (acquired by FileNet), Sybase, Visio and Xilinx. In addition to his U.S. venture capital experience, he worked in Hong Kong for five years at a privately held venture capital firm, Inter-Asia Management (IAM). While at IAM, he participated in such successful investments as McDonald's Restaurants (HK) and Ikea Furniture (HK), and was active in the management of several portfolio companies. He received an AB in English from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard University.

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