John Lyman
Venture Capitalist
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2024 - Current
Investing in great early-stage technology companies.
Partner
2016 - 2023
Led investments in and served on the boards of high-growth consumer Internet and enterprise SaaS startups. Investments included StockX, Toast, Podium, Tend, Gametime, Flock Freight, and Andela.
Google Ventures is an investment arm of Alphabet that provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to technology companies.
Investor / Board Observer
2018 - 2023
StockX is an online marketplace to buy and sell limited edition and high demand sneakers.
Raised $690,000,000.00 from Dragoneer Investment Group, Altimeter Capital, Whale Rock Capital Management, Tiger Global Management, Altimeter Capital, Hedosophia and Sands Capital Ventures.
Investor / Board Member
2017 - 2023
Flock Freight is a algorithmic pooling technology that allows less-than-truckload shippers to share trailer space in one full truckload.
Raised $399,000,000.00 from Susquehanna Growth Equity, Alphabet, SignalFire, Google Ventures, GLP Capital Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund and Eden Global Partners.
Investor / Board Observer
2017 - 2023
Investor / Board Member
2016 - 2023
Gametime sells last-minute tickets to the most popular events in sports, music, and theater.
Raised $71,599,983.00 from Accel, Blitzscaling Ventures, Palapa Ventures, Bolt Ventures, Next Play Capital, Maven Ventures, University Growth Fund, Tenere Capital, Alumni Ventures and Google Ventures.
Investor
2016 - 2023
Andela's mission is to connect brilliance with opportunity.
Raised $381,005,800.00 from Generation Investment Management, Spark Capital, Golden Palm Investments, Whale Rock Capital Management, SoftBank Vision Fund, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Sweetwater Capital Partners.
Investor
2016 - 2022
Toast is a point-of-sale and restaurant management platform designed for businesses in the food service and hospitality industry.
Raised $961,950,000.00 from 12 West Capital.
Head of Partnerships and Marketing
2012 - 2016
Created and led Google's partnerships with Y Combinator, Techstars and other leading global technology accelerators. Managed business development and marketing teams who supported those partnerships.
Strategic Partnerships Manager
2009 - 2012
Created and managed Google Demo Days, driving tens of millions of dollars in investment capital to high-growth startups across the country.
Strategic Partnerships Associate
2007 - 2009
Led business development efforts across a range of Google products, including Google PowerMeter (home energy monitoring) and All for Good (digital hub for volunteering and community engagement).
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Deputy Chairperson
2005 - 2008
Organized global poverty alleviation sessions at Bill Clinton's annual conference. Secured corporate and philanthropic commitment pledges.