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John Dougery

InvestorFounder

Managing Partner at Inventus Capital Partners · Board director at Asimily · Board director at Resilinc · Board director at Credit Sesame

Menlo Park, California

Writes $250K – $2M checks · typically $1M

FoundedAsimilyCredit SesameResilinc

About

John Dougery is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners, a seed-stage venture firm. The firm invests in early-stage founders building automated digital consumer services and enterprise software, with a track record of backing over 100 entrepreneurs.

Board director at Asimily

Intro paths

In turn, John can intro founders to Asimily's investors below.

Co-founders at Asimily

SSShankar Somasundaram
Shankar SomasundaramFounder & CEO
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Hithesh NamaCo-founder
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Michael BrownDirector
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Brendan BakerDirector
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Hank BarryExecutive Officer

Board director at Resilinc

Intro paths

In turn, John can intro founders to Resilinc's investors below.

Co-founders at Resilinc

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Sumit VakilExecutive Officer
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Bindiya VakilExecutive Officer, Director
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Gregory SilichDirector

Board director at Credit Sesame

Intro paths

In turn, John can intro founders to Credit Sesame's investors below.

Co-founders at Credit Sesame

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Adrian NazariFounder

Experience

  1. Inventus Capital PartnersCo-Founder & Managing Directorcurrent2005 — presentSilicon Valley
  2. Silicon Valley Quad (SVQ)Advisorcurrent2021 — present
  3. Daxa, IncBoard Directorcurrent2022 — present
  4. DresmaBoard Directorcurrent2021 — present
  5. ASIMILYBoard Directorcurrent2020 — presentSilicon Valley
  6. Motivo.aiBoard Directorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. SysCloudBoard Directorcurrent2014 — present
  8. Credit SesameBoard Directorcurrent2010 — presentSilicon Valley
  9. InspectHOA (Acquired)Board Director2021 — 2025
  10. Resilinc Corporation (Acquired)Board Director2013 — 2023Silicon Valley & India
  11. GENWI, Inc. (ACQ: Persistent Systems)Board Observer2010 — 2016Silicon Valley & India
  12. SpotZot (ACQ: Valassis)Board Director2011 — 2015Silicon Valley & India
  13. Sokrati (ACQ: Dentsu USA)Board Director2011 — 2015India
  14. ViVu (ACQ: Polycom)Board Director2009 — 2011Silicon Valley & India
  15. Instantis (ACQ: Oracle)Investor2007 — 2011Silicon Valley & India
  16. Kaboodle (ACQ: Hearst Media)Board Observer2005 — 2007Silicon Valley & India
  17. Scale Venture Partners (fka BA Venture Partners)Managing Director1997 — 2005Silicon Valley
  18. RedEnvelope (IPO: REDE)Investor1998 — 2004Silicon Valley
  19. PlaceWare (ACQ: Microsoft)Investor1998 — 2003Silicon Valley
  20. IC Works (ACQ: Cypress)Board Observer1997 — 2000Silicon Valley

Education

  1. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Finance1989 — 1991
  2. University of California, BerkeleyBA1983 — 1987

Skills & more

Start-ups50Venture Capital27Leadership8Investments7Entrepreneurship31Marketing5Management9Corporate Development5PPC3Product Management6Enterprise Software11Mobile Devices15
+12 moreSocial Media MarketingStrategic PlanningStrategic PartnershipsWirelessStrategyMarketing StrategyMobile TechnologyBusiness StrategyProduct MarketingBusiness DevelopmentCloud ComputingMergers & Acquisitions

From John's professional profile.

Deals · 4

AsimilyBoard seat

via Inventus Capital Partners · filed Apr 2020 · $3.3M raise

Credit SesameBoard seat

via Inventus Capital Partners · filed Sep 2019 · $47M raise

ResilincBoard seat

via Inventus Capital Partners · filed Nov 2017 · $15M raise

MOTIVO, INC.Board seat

via Inventus Capital Partners · filed Apr 2017 · $3M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Inventus Capital Partners

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Investors connected to John in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does John Dougery work?
John Dougery is Managing Partner at Inventus Capital Partners and Founder at Asimily and Founder at Resilinc and Founder at Credit Sesame.
What check size does John Dougery write?
John Dougery typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.
What companies did John Dougery found?
John Dougery founded Asimily, Credit Sesame, Resilinc.

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