Investments
9Portfolio Exits
2About John Taysom
John Taysom is the current Chairman of We7. In 1995 he founded the Greenhouse Fund in California for Reuters, which he then acquired from Reuters through an MBO in 2001. John invests in start-up companies many of which are relevant to we7. These companies have included Yahoo, Infoseek, Verisign, OpenWave, PacketVideo, WhereOnEarth, Bitpipe, as well as successful companies driven by the first wave of Internet advertising such as Advertising.com (sold in 2005 to AOL) and Forbes.com where John held Board seats. John was a board member of TIBCO when it was spun out from Reuters onto NASDAQ. John's seed investments, in addition to we7, include Tideway (UK), TheNewsMarket (NY), AbCam (now listed, ABC.L) and WebMynd (London and San Francisco).
Latest John Taysom News
Jul 20, 2021
Worldr, a London, UK-based provider of a platform that gives businesses back privacy and control over their data and communication, raised USD 3M in seed funding. The round was led by IQ Capital and Playfair Capital with participation from cyber seed investors including CyLon (co-founded by Grace Cassy and Jonathan Luff), Andreas Wuchner (Group Head of IT & Risk at Credit Suisse) and Privitar Co-Founder, John Taysom.
John Taysom Investments
9 Investments
John Taysom has made 9 investments. Their latest investment was in Tenyks as part of their Seed VC on March 3, 2022.
John Taysom Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/7/2022 | Seed VC | Tenyks | $3.4M | Yes | 2 | |
7/20/2021 | Seed VC | |||||
1/28/2021 | Seed VC - II | |||||
7/11/2017 | Seed VC | |||||
11/30/2015 | Angel |
Date | 3/7/2022 | 7/20/2021 | 1/28/2021 | 7/11/2017 | 11/30/2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC - II | Seed VC | Angel |
Company | Tenyks | ||||
Amount | $3.4M | ||||
New? | Yes | ||||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 |
John Taysom Portfolio Exits
2 Portfolio Exits
John Taysom has 2 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was LoopMe on January 13, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/13/2022 | Acq - Fin | 11 | |||
Date | 1/13/2022 | |
|---|---|---|
Exit | Acq - Fin | |
Companies | ||
Valuation | ||
Acquirer | ||
Sources | 11 |
John Taysom Team
1 Team Member
John Taysom has 1 team member, including current Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Christophe P..
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Christophe P. | Teads, Yahoo!, LVMH, Gruner + Jahr, and Lagardere | Founder, Chief Executive Officer | Current |
Name | Christophe P. |
|---|---|
Work History | Teads, Yahoo!, LVMH, Gruner + Jahr, and Lagardere |
Title | Founder, Chief Executive Officer |
Status | Current |
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