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Holt Johnstone

Investor

Controller at Founders Circle Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Holt Johnstone works at Founders Circle Capital in investment management. He earned an accounting degree from Saint Mary's College of California, then began his career in audit at Deloitte before moving into investment management finance and fund strategy at Vista Equity Partners and Sequoia Capital. His work centers on financial processes, analysis, and insights that support strategic decisions.

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Experience

  1. Founders Circle CapitalControllercurrent2026 — present
  2. Sequoia CapitalFinance Manager2022 — 2026
  3. Vista Equity PartnersSenior Accountant2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Vista Equity PartnersStaff Accountant2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  5. DeloitteAudit Senior Assistant2018 — 2019San Francisco, CA
  6. DeloitteAudit Assistant2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. DeloitteAudit Intern2016San Francisco, CA

Education

  1. Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaBachelor’s Degree, Accounting2014 — 2017
  2. Jesuit High SchoolMagna Cum Laude2009 — 2013

Skills & more

Leadership14Public Speaking11Microsoft Office11Research7Reliability4Financial AnalysisFinancial ReportingGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)Internal ControlsFinancial AccountingMicrosoft Excel6Microsoft Word2
+12 moreTeamworkManagementCritical ThinkingTime ManagementProblem SolvingFinancial Variance AnalysisFinancial Statement AuditingDirect Client InteractionU.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)U.S. GAAP ReportingFinancial StatementsASC 606

Languages English · Spanish

  • Certified Public Accountant (Inactive) — California Board of Accountancy

From Holt's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Saint Mary's College of California18

Justin HoffmanPortfolio Partner: GTM/Sales at OSS CapitalStacey ErnestVP Finance at Decibel PartnersBrandon AdamsAnalyst at LogosRandy WilliamsManaging Partner and Founder at Keiretsu CapitalSean SullivanManaging Director, Chief Legal Officer at TSG Consumer PartnersJai Lee FontenotInvestor at Sand Hill Angels

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sequoia Capital159

Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm

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Also worked at Vista Equity Partners43

Niki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesAaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneRalph DeBernardoPartner, Investor Relations at Sapphire VenturesAdrienne AlexanderOperations at 8VCAlan GlassPartner — Co-Head of Endurance at Energize VenturesMeredith Breach BosPrincipal — Endurance at Energize Ventures

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Also worked at Deloitte1,040

Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at InvestinorØysteinInvestor at InvestinorMinh DoAnalyst at Golden Gate Ventures

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Anthony Matusich
Chief Financial Officer at Founders Circle Capital
Avery Cannon
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