John Skinner

CBO at SnapCheck: The Digital Payments-as-a-Service platform that is Frictionless, API-based, & Whitelabel-ready

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2020
VC🌍 United States
4
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Chief Business Officer and Board Member
May 2020
SnapCheck is a high speed, highly secure, and universally accepted solution dedicated to eliminating paper checks. By eliminating the 18 billion checks written in the US each year, one million trees could be spared. We've created a unique open-ecosystem solution for paying anyone anywhere with the familiar form of a check, but without all the problems inherent in paper. The patent-pending SnapCheck Digital Checking Platform gives businesses, consumers, and banks the ability to save over $50 billion a year in costs and $20 billion a year in fraud losses. Money2020 Featured Startup API:World Best Payment API Winner KPMG Top 20 Global FinTech Startup BBVA Startup Walk of Fame RedHerring Top100 North America Winner FiNext Top 10 Companies in Finance NetGuru FinTech Disruption Guide: Top Innovation Trend Future of Money & Technology Startup Winner DXC Celeriti Fintech Hack-the-Core Winner BNP Paribas International Hackathon Winner SnapCheck was acquired by Payroc in 2021
Startup Mentor, Venture Investor, and Incubator Advisor
2008
Keiretsu Forum is a global investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Keiretsu Forum members invest in high-quality, diverse investment opportunities. The community is strengthened through its involvement in social and charitable activities. "Keiretsu"​ definition Keiretsu is a Japanese term describing a group of affiliated corporations with broad power and reach. Keiretsu Forum is described as a conglomeration of individuals or small companies that are organized around private equity funding for mutual benefit. Keiretsu Forum believes that through a holistic approach that includes interlocking relationships with partners and key resources, they can offer an association that produces the highest quality deal-flow and investment opportunities.
Technology Investor/Advisor
2008
Red Bear Angels is an Angel Group that invests in companies built by Cornell alumni, students and faculty. Having deployed over 16 Million across 30+ companies including Lyft, Trumid, and the New York Code & Design Academy, Red Bear Angels is the *only* investment firm to successfully give 850+ people unprecedented access to the innovations spinning out of Cornell Tech, Weil Cornell, and all of Cornell Universitys programs. For more information, please visit rbangels.com or email emily@rbangels.com Red Bear Angels is not endorsed by Cornell University. It was created by a group of Board of Trustee Emeriti and seasoned alumni venture capitalists.
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2020
Chief Business Officer and Board Member
May 2020
SnapCheck is a high speed, highly secure, and universally accepted solution dedicated to eliminating paper checks. By eliminating the 18 billion checks written in the US each year, one million trees could be spared. We've created a unique open-ecosystem solution for paying anyone anywhere with the familiar form of a check, but without all the problems inherent in paper. The patent-pending SnapCheck Digital Checking Platform gives businesses, consumers, and banks the ability to save over $50 billion a year in costs and $20 billion a year in fraud losses. Money2020 Featured Startup API:World Best Payment API Winner KPMG Top 20 Global FinTech Startup BBVA Startup Walk of Fame RedHerring Top100 North America Winner FiNext Top 10 Companies in Finance NetGuru FinTech Disruption Guide: Top Innovation Trend Future of Money & Technology Startup Winner DXC Celeriti Fintech Hack-the-Core Winner BNP Paribas International Hackathon Winner SnapCheck was acquired by Payroc in 2021
2010
Venture Investment Manager at Intel Capital
2010
Our mission is to shape the future of technology to help create a better future for the entire world, that’s the power of Intel Inside. With more ingenuity and creativity inside, our work is at the heart of countless innovations. From major breakthroughs to things that make everyday life better— they’re all powered by Intel technology. With a career at Intel, you can help make the future more wonderful for everyone. • Need help or have a support question? Visit Intel Support: http://ms.spr.ly/6054tmaop .
2008
Early stage technology companies, Red Bear Angels
Investor/Advisor
2008
Startup Mentor, Venture Investor, and Incubator Advisor
2008
Keiretsu Forum is a global investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Keiretsu Forum members invest in high-quality, diverse investment opportunities. The community is strengthened through its involvement in social and charitable activities. "Keiretsu"​ definition Keiretsu is a Japanese term describing a group of affiliated corporations with broad power and reach. Keiretsu Forum is described as a conglomeration of individuals or small companies that are organized around private equity funding for mutual benefit. Keiretsu Forum believes that through a holistic approach that includes interlocking relationships with partners and key resources, they can offer an association that produces the highest quality deal-flow and investment opportunities.
Technology Investor/Advisor
2008
Red Bear Angels is an Angel Group that invests in companies built by Cornell alumni, students and faculty. Having deployed over 16 Million across 30+ companies including Lyft, Trumid, and the New York Code & Design Academy, Red Bear Angels is the *only* investment firm to successfully give 850+ people unprecedented access to the innovations spinning out of Cornell Tech, Weil Cornell, and all of Cornell Universitys programs. For more information, please visit rbangels.com or email emily@rbangels.com Red Bear Angels is not endorsed by Cornell University. It was created by a group of Board of Trustee Emeriti and seasoned alumni venture capitalists.
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