Where does John Spinale work?

John Spinale is Managing Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners and Board director at Form Bio and Board director at Akili Interactive Labs.

What check size does John Spinale write?

John Spinale typically writes checks of $100K – $20M.

What boards does John Spinale sit on?

John Spinale holds tracked board seats at Akili Interactive Labs.

Where did John Spinale go to school?

John Spinale studied at Yale University (BS, Engineering).

John Spinale

Investor

Managing Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners · Board director at Form Bio · Board director at Akili Interactive Labs

United States

Writes $100K – $20M checks · typically $1.5M

About

John Spinale is a 25+ year consumer‑tech operator who built five early‑stage companies through acquisition and co‑founded a venture firm to back applied‑neuroscience ventures between life sciences, psychology and tech.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

j•••@jazzvp.comreveal

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningBiotechConsumerFuture of WorkHealthtech

Board director at Form Bio

Intro paths

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

Form Bio's investors · 5

Bold Capital PartnersSanta Monica · since 2022 Breyer CapitalAustin · $500K – $10M checks · since 2022 Carnrite VenturesHouston · since 2022 Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks JAZZ Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $20M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Form Bio

Benjamin LammDirector, Promoter

Andrew BuseyExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Board director at Akili Interactive Labs

Intro paths

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In turn, John can intro founders to Akili Interactive Labs's investors below.

Akili Interactive Labs's investors · 2

Evidity Health CapitalNew York · $5M checks JAZZ Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $20M checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Akili Interactive Labs

W. EDWARD MARTUCCIExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

Student Conservation AssociationBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
JAZZ Venture PartnersCo-founder, Managing Partnercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Self EmployedInvestor and Advisor2006 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
Disney InteractiveSVP and GM Social and Mobile Games, Disney2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
OnLive (acquired by Sony)SVP Games and Media2008 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
NileGuide (acquired by Travora)Co Founder, President2006 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
Eidos (EIDSY, acquired by Square Enix: SQNFX)SVP Product Development2002 — 2006Menlo Park, CA / London, England
Mblox (now Sinch)Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), SVP Product2001 — 2002Mountain View, CA
Bitmo (acquired by MobileSys)Founder, CEO1998 — 2001San Francisco Bay Area
ActivisionCreative Director, Executive Producer1993 — 1998Santa Monica, CA
Technical Analysis Corp.Management Consultant1991 — 1992San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Mobile Devices99Product Management99Start-ups99Mobile Applications86Video Games76Product Development48Gaming27Social Games51Cloud Computing40Product Marketing26Wireless14Project Planning14

+12 more

EntrepreneurshipGame DevelopmentMobile GamesScalabilityStrategic PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsExecutive ManagementStrategyManagementTeam ManagementLeadership

Ordained Minister — Universal Life Church

From John's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Akili Interactive LabsBoard seat

via JAZZ Venture Partners · filed May 2018 · $65M raise

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

Colleagues at JAZZ Venture Partners

Adam Gazzaley

Venture Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners

Andrew Firlik

Managing Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners

Cecilia Juan

Manager, Development at NewSchools Venture Fund

Chit-Kwan Lin

Venture Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners

Chris Flink

Venture Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners

Diana Stoner

Director of Finance & Operations at JAZZ Venture Partners

Ido Leffler

Venture Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners

Jia Li

Venture Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners

Network5

Andrew FirlikScout

Managing Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners

Ash FontanaScout

Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners

Cherian MathewScout

Partner at Firebolt Ventures Management Company, Llc

Eva HoScout

General Partner at Fika

Garrett GoldbergScout

Venture Partner at Virta Ventures

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

Frequently asked questions

Who is John Spinale?: John Spinale is a 25+ year consumer‑tech operator who built five early‑stage companies through acquisition and co‑founded a venture firm to back applied‑neuroscience ventures between life sciences, psychology and tech.
Where does John Spinale work?: John Spinale is Managing Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners and Board director at Form Bio and Board director at Akili Interactive Labs.
What does John Spinale invest in?: John Spinale invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Future of Work, Healthtech.
What check size does John Spinale write?: John Spinale typically writes checks of $100K – $20M.
What boards does John Spinale sit on?: John Spinale holds tracked board seats at Akili Interactive Labs.
Where did John Spinale go to school?: John Spinale studied at Yale University (BS, Engineering).