John Waller

Co-Founder Secure Salt & Partner at Okapi Venture Capital

📍 Pasadena, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 12 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023
VC🌍 United States
12
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21y
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Board Member
Oct 2023
PlanStreet provides versatile case management software solutions for health and human service non-profit organizations. Our user-friendly, customizable interfaces are ideal for health & patient services, reentry programs, homeless management, donor management, child & family services, and affordable housing programs. Our passion is to empower your non-profit team to perform at their highest level by automating processes and giving them access to the information they need when they need it. We understand that your organization is not just like every other organization and that your processes, priorities, and workflow require customized solutions. At PlanStreet, we strive to help you create the best tool for your best work. PlanStreet’s case management software gives your team the following advantages: • Automated processes and enhanced efficiency • Cloud-based software allowing for access anytime, anywhere • Adaptation to specific business needs • Customizable user interfaces and reports • HIPAA and FedRAMP compliance for a secure digital environment • eSignature capability • Automatic API generation We are confident that our case management software is the tool your health and human services team needs to get to the next level. Please contact us to schedule a free demo and to learn more about our unique approach to case management.
Board Member
Jul 2023
Reimagining the familiar. Infused intelligence, amplified experience.
Board Member
Nov 2022
LeadrPro, the 1st marketplace for product demos.
Board Observer
May 2021
Goodhood is on a mission to make car ownership convenient & affordable. Think of Goodhood as the Amazon Prime for your car, where a single subscription brings car care right to your doorstep. The best waiting room is your living room! We serve customers in Detroit, Dallas & Houston.
Board Member
Sep 2019
∂RISK is de-risking autonomy.
Board Observer
Feb 2019
SmartCSM is easy-to-use cloud mapping software for critical facilities infrastructure. We replace legacy printed plans that are often out-of-date or lost and cannot be accessed remotely. Save time, avoid risk, and reduce costs with a centralized online view of infrastructure, with drill-down capability by location and by asset. With SmartCSM, your team can now log in from anywhere and gain immediate access to the right information to handle maintenance, improvements, inspections, outages, and more.
Board Member
Dec 2018
Elevate your vacation rental property management with Jurny - the ultimate all-in-one solution designed to streamline your operations and enhance the guest experience. Say goodbye to the hassle of juggling multiple apps, dashboards, fees, and providers. With Jurny, everything you need is consolidated into a single, intuitive platform. Ready to take your property management and guest satisfaction to new heights? Join us in shaping the future of hospitality. Contact Jurny today and embark on a journey toward unparalleled efficiency and excellence in vacation rental property management.
early stageHospitality
Board Observer
Nov 2017
Slingshot Aerospace provides satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation solutions to government and commercial customers around the world. Using mission-critical data, insights, and applications powered by the Slingshot Platform, space operators improve spaceflight safety and optimize their orbital operations. Slingshot’s platform combines data from the Slingshot Global Sensor Network, the Slingshot Seradata satellite and launch database, satellite owner-operators, and other third-party space data providers, to create the most up-to-date representation of space on the market today. This common operating picture of space activities, past, present, and predicted, empowers the world’s leading space operators to better understand what is happening in space and plan their operations. Slingshot is driven by its mission to make space more safe, sustainable, and secure for all. The company was launched in 2017 and has locations in California, Colorado, and the UK.
Investor
Oct 2016
Tesloop is operating the first Car 2.0 mobility service (cars as a service), focussing on the city-to-city travel experience. Car 2.0 is a disruptive transportation platform of increasingly autonomous, connected, electric, and supercharged vehicles, embodied by Tesla vehicles today, and others in the next few years. Tesloop currently offers service from LA to Orange County (8x daily), San Diego (6x daily) and Palm Springs (6x daily), and will be expanding other regions later this year. The company has experienced rapid growth and has achieved profitable unit economics. Tesloop has a strong focus on building the software technology required for routing, pricing, remote administration, and security, as well predictive models based on deep learning on the vehicle data. In the last two years, Tesloop has become the highest rated transportation service in the world, and is also expanding to Northern California and beyond. Tesloop has partnered with Tesla on licensing fleet APIs that allow access in real time to all Tesla vehicle telemetry. Tesloop is lead by seasoned internet entrepreneurs and is funded by world-class investors: Clearstone Ventures, Inspiration Ventures, and Global Trust Group along with angels from Facebook, Tesla Motors, Moat, and Allen & Co.
Investor
May 2016
In 2019, Pongalo merged with Discovery Communications-backed VIX, and rebranded its streaming service as VIX. In 2021, the combined company was acquired by US Hispanic media leader TelevisaUnivision. Pongalo's streaming service (now known as TelevisaUnivision's ViX) was the first and largest streaming platform created specifically for global Spanish-speaking markets. With Latino digital media audiences being drastically underserved, Pongalo was formed through a roll-up, led by Rich Hull and his Avalanche! Capital, of multiple Spanish-language content libraries and media companies. After aggregating multiple Mexican film libraries representing over $50 million of production costs, the company began utilizing these film IP catalogs’ valuable, never-before-utilized digital rights to form the Pongalo streaming service. Rolled-up companies included Latin Anywhere, Manana Media, Latin Mex, Latin Media, Inmoo and others Originally launched with a subscription model, the Pongalo streaming service quickly followed its English-language peers, such as Pluto and Tubi, and evolved into a fully ad-supported streaming offering, becoming the #1 Latino streamer in both the U.S. and Latin America. The service offered the then-largest catalog of streamed Spanish-language films and TV shows, featuring original, owned and licensed titles from major content producers throughout Latin America and Hollywood. Pongalo’s key distribution partnerships included major players such as Apple, Google, Roku and Amazon, and it also became one of the largest suppliers of Spanish-language content to, in particular, Amazon Channels and The Roku Channel. Pongalo received numerous accolades, including being named as one of the 101 Best Startups in Los Angeles by Best Startup. The company was backed by Avalanche! Capital, Revolution Studios (Carlyle/Content Partners), Canyon Creek Capital, Digital Bridge, 500 Global, and others.
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Mar 2016
Traditional retail pharmacy is broken, marked by inefficiencies and terrible customer experience. Imagine leaving the doctors office and not having to go to the pharmacy.... ...instead, the prescription is delivered to you within one hour. Welcome to the future of retail pharmacy. Never go to the pharmacy again!
Investor
Mar 2005
Parchment believes credentials matter in the lifelong journey of a learner. We deliver innovation and exceptional customer service through the most comprehensive digital credential management solution on the market. By connecting K12, higher education, and organizations on a single platform, we provide efficient, easy-to-use products to help academic institutions, organizations, and individuals securely send, receive, and engage with credentials. As a scaled partner focused on modernizing the exchange of verifiable academic and professional credentials, the Parchment platform helps millions of learners, 2,490 districts, 1,690 university registrar offices, 10 state education agencies, and 7,325 receivers (including university admissions offices, background check companies, employers, college application services, OPMs, and certification and licensing boards) exchange more than 100 million transcripts, diplomas, certificates and other credentials globally. Founded in 2003, Parchment is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, with a presence in Australia, Ireland, and Canada. We help turn credentials into opportunities!
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Board Member
Oct 2023
PlanStreet provides versatile case management software solutions for health and human service non-profit organizations. Our user-friendly, customizable interfaces are ideal for health & patient services, reentry programs, homeless management, donor management, child & family services, and affordable housing programs. Our passion is to empower your non-profit team to perform at their highest level by automating processes and giving them access to the information they need when they need it. We understand that your organization is not just like every other organization and that your processes, priorities, and workflow require customized solutions. At PlanStreet, we strive to help you create the best tool for your best work. PlanStreet’s case management software gives your team the following advantages: • Automated processes and enhanced efficiency • Cloud-based software allowing for access anytime, anywhere • Adaptation to specific business needs • Customizable user interfaces and reports • HIPAA and FedRAMP compliance for a secure digital environment • eSignature capability • Automatic API generation We are confident that our case management software is the tool your health and human services team needs to get to the next level. Please contact us to schedule a free demo and to learn more about our unique approach to case management.
Board Member
Jul 2023
Reimagining the familiar. Infused intelligence, amplified experience.
2022
Board Member
Nov 2022
LeadrPro, the 1st marketplace for product demos.
2021
Board Observer
May 2021
Goodhood is on a mission to make car ownership convenient & affordable. Think of Goodhood as the Amazon Prime for your car, where a single subscription brings car care right to your doorstep. The best waiting room is your living room! We serve customers in Detroit, Dallas & Houston.
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