John Torrey
InvestorFellow at Sapphire Ventures · Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
Fort Worth, Texas
Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M
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- j•••@madrona.comreveal100% confident
Experience
- 1PasswordChief Business Officercurrent2025 — present
- Madrona Venture GroupVenture Partnercurrent2021 — present
- Sapphire Ventures, LLCFellowcurrent2019 — present
- Santa Clara UniversityBoard of Trustees (current); Board of Regents (2015-23); President, Alumni Association (2017-18)current2015 — present
- RouteInvestorcurrent2021 — presentUtah, United States
- TaxBitInvestorcurrent2021 — presentUtah, United States
- ClozdInvestor and Board Observercurrent2022 — presentUtah, United States
- DoofinderAdvisorcurrent2022 — presentMadrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- TaskHumanInvestor and Board Member2021 — 2025
- Cleartrip.comMember of the Board of Directors (to June 2020) & Senior Advisor (to June 2021)2011 — 2021Mumbai Metropolitan Region
- QualtricsChief Ecosystem Officer; Chief Corporate Development Officer (July 2017 - February 2019)2017 — 2020
- SAPChief Corporate Development Officer, SAP SE, and Chief Strategy Officer, BNA Group2014 — 2016
- Table8.comMember of the Board of Directors2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- ConcurEVP, Corporate Strategy2007 — 2014
- Montgomery & Co., LLCDirector of Research, Co-Head of Equities2005 — 2007
- Canaccord Genuity Inc.Equity Research Analyst2003 — 2005
- Credit SuisseEquity Research Analyst1999 — 2002
- PwCSenior Manager, Assurance; Corporate & Operations Strategy Consultant1993 — 1999San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Software as a Service (SaaS)10Strategic Partnerships12Cloud Computing8Enterprise Software11Corporate Venture Capital7International Business2Leadership11Mergers & Acquisitions5Joint Ventures4Strategy15Start-ups5
Languages English
- Certified Public Accountant (inactive), California
From John's professional profile.
Colleagues at Sapphire Ventures
Abigail Johnson
Partner, Chief Operating Officer at Sapphire Ventures
Adam Liu
Vice President at Sapphire Ventures
Aditya Reddy
Vice President at Sapphire Ventures
Aditya Reddy
Vice President at Sapphire Partners
Adrian Kania
Senior Associate at Sapphire Ventures
Alex Lehman
Vice President at Sapphire Ventures
Alex Lehman
Vice President at Sapphire Partners
Alexander Bruehl
Investor at Point Nine Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Torrey?
- Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
- Where does John Torrey work?
- John Torrey is Fellow at Sapphire Ventures.
- What check size does John Torrey write?
- John Torrey typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- Where did John Torrey go to school?
- John Torrey studied at Santa Clara University (Bachelor of Science (BS)).
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