John Squire

About John Squire

John Squire is a General Partner at Blockchange Ventures, a venture capital firm aiming to invest early in the biggest outcomes on the Blockchain. Founded in 2017, Blockchange invests in Seed and Series A rounds and has made approximately 150 investments in the space.John’s work in the blockchain began in 2022 as an advisor to the Blockchain Ventures portfolio companies. John focuses his efforts on enabling Founders and Executive teams to design and deploy go to market strategies that build on product market fit in new categories of business that could not exist without the blockchain. John supports the Blockchange portfolio companies on a range of strategic and operational opportunities, along with investing in new businesses leveraging blockchain to deliver outsized business success.Prior to joining Blockchange, John was an award-winning AI and SaaS CEO with a strong product track record of commercializing complex data systems to drive profitable results and business growth at scale. With multiple exits, he has operated businesses from idea to revenue generation, growth, and profitability. He has managed all aspects of an enterprise data driven application business as a stand alone business or within a Fortune 500 enterprise software organization. Having held operating and executive management positions at high-growth global NASDAQ, NYSE and venture-funded companies, I have a passion for executing on well designed strategies, growing business lines and fostering a culture of innovation and business execution. Focus has been on SaaS, complex data driven decisioning applications which required disruptive new AI and machine learning development that are applied to commerce driven B2C and B2B businesses. Specialties: Strong focus on strategy development, operational execution, problem solving, company culture and team building. Have raised venture capital, strategic partner growth capital and venture debt primarily in SaaS subscription business models. P&L responsibility, along with managing multiple M&A transactions. Have built and supported organizations across multiple geographies and established partner and channel programs in multiple geo\'s.

Experience

1. General Partner

   Blockchange Ventures

   Mar 2024 — Present · US

   Managing Blockchange Ventures portfolio companies. Providing web3 based go-to-market strategy, sales process development, product market fit, product management strategy and general business operations.

Education

• University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

  MBA, Strategy, Marketing, Technology

  1996 — 1998

• University of California, Davis

  B.S., Chemical Engineering

Skills

• Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Online Marketing
• Complex Sales
• Cloud Computing
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Product Planning
• Lead Generation
• Business Intelligence
• Marketing
• Ppc
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• B2b
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Product Marketing
• Mergers
• Competitive Analysis
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Global E-Commerce
• Enterprise Software
• Mentoring
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Saas
• Information Architecture
• Product Management
• Product Development
• Email Marketing
• Sales
• Mobile Marketing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Web Analytics
• Crm
• Integrated Marketing
• Sem