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John Connors

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General Partner at Ignition Managing Directors · General Partner at IGNITION VENTURE PARTNERS · Operating Partner at FUSE · Board director at Tempered Networks · Board director at Xamarin · +1 more

Bellevue

Midas 2013 · #98

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275 people in our graph share verified history with John — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Jordan KretchmerunlockedJohn: together at Carbon Robotics (2019)
John: together at Splunk
×6John: together at Tractable
×4John: together at Deloitte, Haskins & Sells

About

John Connors is a managing partner at Ignition Partners who joined in 2005 after a 16-year career at Microsoft, where he held roles including CFO, CIO, and corporate controller. He also helped launch Ignition's successor firm FUSE VC in 2020 as an operating partner, and has led investments such as Splunk, Chef, and Heroku.

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Board director at Tempered Networks

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Tempered Networks's investors · 1

The Perkins Fund

Co-founders at Tempered Networks

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Jeffrey HusseyExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Xamarin

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Xamarin's investors · 3

FloodgateMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checks · since 2014Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2014Lead Edge CapitalNew York · $50M – $400M checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Xamarin

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Nathaniel D. FriedmanExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
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Miguel de IcazaExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Board director at iCertis, Inc.

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iCertis, Inc.'s investors · 11

B Capital GroupManhattan Beach · $10M – $50M checks · since 2017B4 Capital$10M – $50M checksCross Creek AdvisorsSalt Lake CityF-Prime CapitalCambridge · $3M – $10M checksFUSEBellevue · $1M – $10M checksGreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025HDS CapitalNew York CityMeritech Capital PartnersPalo Alto · $5M – $40M checks · since 2025Nelstone VenturesPremji InvestMenlo ParkSoftBank Vision FundLondon

Co-founders at iCertis, Inc.

SBSamir Bodas
Samir BodasCo-CEO & Board Chairman
MDMonish Darda
Monish DardaExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. IGNITION PARTNERSPartnercurrent2005 — present
  2. Fuse Venture PartnersOperating Partnercurrent2020 — presentBellevue, Washington, United States
  3. TractableBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  4. Carbon RoboticsBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  5. IcertisBoard Membercurrent2016 — present
  6. NikeBoard Member2005 — 2021
  7. SplunkBoard Member2007 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  8. MicrosoftSVP of Finance & Administration & CFO2000 — 2005Redmond WA
  9. MicrosoftVP of Worldwide Enterprise Group1998 — 2000Redmond, WA
  10. MicrosoftVice President & Chief Information Officer1995 — 1998Redmond WA
  11. MicrosoftCorporate Controller, General Manager of Worldwide Financial Operations1993 — 1995Redmond WA
  12. MicrosoftDirector of Business Operations - European HQ1992Paris, France
  13. MicrosoftDirector of Business Operations of the Worldwide Sales & Support Strategy Group1990 — 1992Redmond WA
  14. MicrosoftFinance Manager1989 — 1990Redmond
  15. PIP PrintingCorporate Controller1988 — 1989Los Angeles, California
  16. Safeco InsuranceStaff Accountant1986 — 1987Greater Seattle Area
  17. Deloitte, Haskins & SellsAuditor1984 — 1986

Investments

Investor

AstrumUAzuquaBolsterBotkeeperCarbon RoboticsChef SoftwareDataSphereForward PlatformHerokuiCertis, Inc.KenSciKorrioLikewise SoftwareMotifParsePay ISignalsenseTemperedTier 3XamarinYhat

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Colleagues at Ignition Managing Directors

Frank Artale
General Partner at Ignition Managing Directors
Nick Sturiale
General Partner at Ignition Managing Directors
Robert Headley
General Partner at Ignition Managing Directors

Frequently asked questions

Who is John Connors?
John Connors is a managing partner at Ignition Partners who joined in 2005 after a 16-year career at Microsoft, where he held roles including CFO, CIO, and corporate controller. He also helped launch Ignition's successor firm FUSE VC in 2020 as an operating partner, and has led investments such as Splunk, Chef, and Heroku.
Where does John Connors work?
John Connors is General Partner at Ignition Managing Directors and Board director at Tempered Networks and Board director at Xamarin and Board director at iCertis, Inc..
What companies has John Connors invested in?
Investments tracked here include AstrumU, Azuqua, Bolster, Botkeeper, Carbon Robotics, Chef Software, DataSphere, Forward Platform, Heroku, iCertis, Inc., KenSci, Korrio, and 9 more.
Where did John Connors go to school?
John Connors studied at University of Montana (Bachelor's degree, Accounting).

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