John Fontein

Overview

Gender
male

John Fontein is Co-Founder and President at Sesame. Previously, he was the VP of Business Development at GoEuro where he oversaw all revenue functions including sales, marketing and partnerships. John began his career at Goldman Sachs where he worked in both the Investment Banking and Investment Management Divisions of the firm. John is a multi-platinum song-writer, producer, and sound designer. He is the recipient of numerous awards including an MTV Video Music Award, a Berklee Jazz Festival Award and a FringeNYC Award.

John attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a B.A. in Music and a certificate in Computer Science.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
7
John Fontein has made 7 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 1, 2020, when Realtime raised $4M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Nov 18, 2021 Gemini Series A $423.90M Cryptocurrency Detail
Aug 20, 2021 BlockFi Series E $500M Bitcoin Detail
Dec 1, 2020 Realtime Seed $4M Social Media Detail
Apr 1, 2019 TapTrip Seed £755K Business Travel Detail
Jan 2, 2019 PickUp Pre-seed Gaming Detail
Jun 30, 2018 The Block Seed $2M Bitcoin Detail
Jun 18, 2018 TapTrip Pre-seed £165K Business Travel Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
John Fontein has 1 current jobs including Co-Founder at Sesame , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Sesame Co-Founder Jun 1, 2018 Detail