John is President of Ava Labs. Prior to Ava Labs, he founded Investery Inc., a private capital markets platform that empowers investors to manage alternative investments, which was acquired by Ava Labs in February 2020. Previously, he founded Sureview Capital with a strategic investment from Blackstone, and was formerly a tech investor at Kingdon Capital and Tiger Management. As an experienced technology entrepreneur, John also held the role of CEO of SharesPost’s Digital Assets Group, where he built and led the digital assets business, which executed the first full-custody trade of digital securities.