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John O'Donoghue

Investor

Principal at Vistara Growth

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

About

John O'Donoghue pairs mechanical engineering degree and CFA with private-equity work at Ireland's sovereign development fund and renewable-energy leadership at ESB, leading growth financings for enterprise software and information security.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. Vistara GrowthVistara Growthcurrent2017 — presentVancouver, Canada Area
  2. Arch SystemsBoard Observercurrent2026 — present
  3. Authentic8Board Observercurrent2025 — present
  4. DataCore SoftwareBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  5. RoonCyber.AIBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  6. D3 SecurityBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  7. Kore.aiBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
  8. KentikBoard Observer2020 — 2026
  9. IllusiveBoard Observer2022 — 2023
  10. Blueprint Software SystemsBoard Observer2020 — 2022
  11. FINCADBoard Observer2019 — 2022
  12. National Treasury Management AgencyPrivate Equity Investment, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund2014 — 2015
  13. ESBDirector, Renewable Energy Corp Dev2012 — 2014
  14. ESBRenewable Energy Project Director2008 — 2012Ireland, UK
  15. ESBEnergy Trader2007 — 2008
  16. Bord Gáis EnergyEnergy Pricing & Procurement Analyst2004 — 2007

Education

  1. CFA Institute
  2. University College DublinBachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Skills & more

NegotiationCommunicationPortfolio Management6Financial Modeling6Equities6Financial Analysis1Asset Management1Corporate Finance1Project ManagementDue DiligenceTransaction ManagementContract Negotiation
+10 moreRenewable EnergyPrivate EquityWind EnergyEnergy TradingAsset ValuationCompany ValuationBusiness Case PreparationBusiness Case ModellingM&A AnalysisInvestment Paper Preparation

Languages English · French

From John's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University College Dublin76

Vincent RoseInvestment Manager at Burda Principal InvestmentsMiranda GuerreroExecutive Assistant at Sapphire VenturesSara McMunnOperating Partner at Keen Venture PartnersAileen AllenPartner at Mercury FundAlan HudsonInvestor at Mercuri.vcSarah GillBrand & Communications at Planet A Ventures

+ 70 more

Shared employers

Also worked at DataCore Software1

Don WilliamsOperating Advisor at Elsewhere Partners

Also worked at RoonCyber.AI1

Greg DraconPartner at .406 Ventures

Also worked at D3 Security2

Randy GargFounder & Managing Partner at Vistara GrowthSharad MohanInvestor at LOI Venture

Also worked at Kore.ai3

Dayakar PuskoorFounder and Managing Director at Dallas Venture CapitalRandy GargFounder & Managing Partner at Vistara GrowthAlex BarryManaging Director at TriplePoint Capital

Colleagues at Vistara Growth

Akshit Puri
Assistant Controller at Vistara Growth
Chris Angelatos
Director at Vistara Growth
Daniel McQuade
Director, Marketing at Vistara Growth
Farah Lahdiy
Executive and Operations Assistant at Vistara Growth
Gaurav Singh
Chief Financial Officer at Vistara Growth
Jordon Boerchers
Vice President at Vistara Growth
Kevin Barber
Associate Partner at Vistara Growth
Neil Kenley
Principal at Vistara Growth