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John Robinson

Investor

Co-Founder and Partner at Mazarine Ventures

Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal

Writes $25K – $500K checks

About

John Robinson frames water as a risk, targeting property, finance and insurance via four lenses; he runs a four-lane platform (incubator, two funds, impact vehicle) and uses a CIA rubric.

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Invests in

AgTechClimate TechDeep TechFintechFoodTechHardwareSaaS

Experience

  1. Mazarine ClimatePartnercurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. Nonchalant CapitalPartnercurrent2024 — present
  3. UpRoot CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  4. Mazarine VenturesPartnercurrent2017 — presentGreater Chicago Area
  5. The Wetlands InitiativeBoard Member2019 — 2025Greater Chicago Area
  6. Mandarin LeaderFounder2015 — 2019Greater Chicago Area
  7. Mandarin EnvironmentFounder2009 — 2019Greater Chicago Area
  8. DeloitteConsultant, Strategy & Operations2006 — 2008Greater Chicago Area
  9. Cushman & Wakefield - Formerly DTZAssociate Director2001 — 2007Shanghai City, China
  10. Motorola ChinaManager1998 — 2000Beijing City, China

Education

  1. Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
  2. Denison University

Skills & more

Water Risk, Venture Capital, Impact Investing, Early-Stage Investment, Climate TechnologyClimate Adaptation Investing, Hydroclimatic Risk,

Languages Chinese · English

From John's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)34

Jessica (Bartos) ThomasPartner at Notion CapitalKayla RenzChief of Staff at First Row PartnersJanna AyoubChief of Staff at C5 CapitalChristian SiegeleManaging Partner at CapnamicSarah MorgensternInvestment Partner at Flourish VenturesBryan BalinInvestor at Sand Hill Angels

+ 28 more

Also attended Denison University25

Liz WesthouseHead of Community & Partnerships, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAlex ConstantinopleChief Marketing Officer at GreycroftChrisInvestor at Perceptive Ventures Management Company, LlcJoe MaxwellManaging Partner at FINTOP CapitalChristopher MaleCo-Founder & Managing Partner at AIFBrian O'CallaghanCo-Founder at AIF

+ 19 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Deloitte1,089

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

+ 1,083 more

Also worked at Cushman & Wakefield - Formerly DTZ2

Hani IbrahimChief Investment Officer at LendableDr Ermina TopintziCo-Founder at Earth First Food Ventures

Colleagues at Mazarine Ventures

Anders Hallsby
Co-Founder and Partner at Mazarine Ventures
Pete Nassos
Co-Founder and Partner at Mazarine Ventures