John Azubuike
Former Vice President at Owl Ventures
New York, New York
Writes $5M – $50M checks · typically $25M
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About
John Azubuike is an investor at Search Fund Accelerator. He has experience in early-stage venture capital and control private equity.
Experience
- Search Fund AcceleratorInvestorcurrent2025 — presentDenver, Colorado, United States
- Envision Health Technologies.IncCorporate Finance Consultantcurrent2025 — present
- Emko CapitalInvestor2024 — 2025Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Pzena Investment ManagementFall Research Intern2023New York, New York, United States
- LLR PartnersSummer VP2023Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- TrueLearnStrategy Intern2023Mooresville, North Carolina, United States
- Owl VenturesVice President2021 — 2022New York, New York, United States
- Owl VenturesSenior Associate2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- GeniallyBoard Observer2021 — 2022Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
- Welcome TechnologiesBoard Observer2021 — 2022
- uLesson EducationBoard Observer2021 — 2022
- Interplay LearningBoard Observer2021 — 2022
- Amira LearningBoard Observer2019 — 2022
- RemindBoard Observer2019 — 2022
- Lingo LiveBoard Observer2019 — 2022
- Kuali, Inc.Board Observer2019 — 2022
- BenchPrepBoard Observer2019 — 2022
- LabsterBoard Observer2019 — 2022
- SecurlyBoard Observer2019 — 2021
- WhiteHat JrBoard Observer2019 — 2020
- DegreedBoard Observer2019 — 2020
- TCVInvestor2018 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- KEC VenturesAssociate2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- KEC VenturesAnalyst2015 — 2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- The New York Stem Cell FoundationRobotics Engineer2014 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
- OC&C Strategy Consultants (now part of Oliver Wyman)Summer Associate Consultant2013Greater Boston
- Harvard College Research ProgramResearch Fellow2012Cambridge, MA
- Morgan Stanley Investment ManagementInvestment Management Summer Analyst2011New York, NY
- Harvard Whitesides LabResearcher2011Cambridge, MA
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Azubuike?
- John Azubuike is an investor at Search Fund Accelerator. He has experience in early-stage venture capital and control private equity.
- What check size does John Azubuike write?
- John Azubuike typically writes checks of $5M – $50M.
- Where did John Azubuike go to school?
- John Azubuike studied at The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Harvard University (Bachelor's degree, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering); Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania (Master of Public Administration - MPA).
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