John Affourtit

GTM Leader - Investor

📍 Los Angeles, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 19 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2026𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 United StatesInvested this year
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Jan 2026
Perpetual stratospheric birds for seeing and connecting the world. Born in a garage. Proven in the desert. Chasing the forgotten frontier.
Investor
Dec 2023
Autopilot is a next-gen trading app and registered investment advisor (RIA) that makes professional-style investing accessible to everyone. Users can autopilot the portfolios of politicians, public figures, and top investors, or create and launch their own fund for others to follow. Built for transparency and ease of use, Autopilot reimagines how people invest, manage, and grow their money. Backed by notable investors such as Craft Ventures (Airbnb, Slack, Tesla), Nomad Ventures (Intro, Bezel), Balaji Ventures (Perplexity), and Next Fund (7Signal). Autopilot is ranked among the Top 30 Most Downloaded Finance Apps. With over 3M+ million downloads, $750M+ in assets under management (AUM), 150k+ users, and a rapidly growing community of 80k+ subscribers, Autopilot is quickly becoming a leader in fintech. Autopilot Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This page is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities or investment products. Any information contained herein is provided with the understanding that the recipient will conduct their own due diligence before making any investment decisions. Investments carry a risk of loss and past performance is not indicative of future results.
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Jan 2023
Founded in 2020, Mesh is the first global payment network for crypto, connecting hundreds of exchanges, wallets, and payment service providers to enable seamless digital asset payments and conversions. By unifying these platforms into a single network, Mesh is pioneering an open, connected, and secure ecosystem for digital finance.
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Dec 2022
Meet Capsule—the first video editor made exclusively for work. Capsule makes it easy for anyone in your company to create fast, consistent-looking videos. It turns your creative team’s motion files into beautiful components that can be added to videos in one click. It’s a motion design system for everyone.
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Nov 2022
Lavender is your AI Email Coach It combines everything you need to easily write sales emails that get replies. Get real time AI-driven coaching on your email, research your prospect without leaving your inbox, confirm their email is valid, check if your email will land in SPAM, see how it looks on mobile, plus much more. SDRs and AEs from the worlds largest companies use Lavender to boost opens and double replies. If you get a reply, youre more likely to book a meeting and close a deal. #TryLavender
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Nov 2022
the leading data lab that builds real-world RL environments to train models and agents
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Nov 2022
Dashworks AI unlocks your company’s internal knowledge. Break down information silos and get accurate answers from all your work applications in seconds.
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Nov 2022
AI-Native Private Banking for Business Owners. Get a team of AI agents to be your finance team.
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Nov 2022
Get everything done. Get Magic. A world-class assistant to scale your business and life without limits.
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Jul 2022
Release - Multifamily finance and banking - all in one platform. Simplify your portfolio finances whether you have 20 units or 2,000.
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Jul 2022
Workstream is the leading HR, Payroll, and Hiring platform for the hourly workforce. Its smart technology streamlines HR tasks so franchise and business owners can move fast, reduce labor costs, and simplify operations—all in one place. 46 of the top 50 quick-service restaurant brands—including Burger King, Jimmy John’s, Taco Bell—rely on Workstream to hire, retain, and pay their teams. Learn more at workstream.us.
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Jul 2022
Maximus is setting a new standard in health through prescribed, personalized, and evidence-based solutions that optimize how people look, feel, and perform. Weve raised $15M from top Silicon Valley VCs like Founders Fund and 8VC, as well as leading angel investors and operators from companies like Bulletproof, Tinder, Coinbase, Daily Stoic, & Shopify.
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Mar 2022
Kona is the AI-powered copilot for remote managers. Built for Slack. Our team has interviewed 1,200+ remote managers since January 2020. Managers struggle the most with driving high-performance, setting clear expectations, and navigating difficult conversations. Thats why weve built Kona. Kona gives everyone access to conversational, expert-backed coaching. Up-level your leadership without leaving Slack. Visit our website to get started for free! Were a remote-first, Techstars-backed startup proudly building a happier, kinder Future of Work. Join our team at https://www.heykona.com/careers
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Nov 2021
We are revolutionizing the future of TV with the worlds first dual screen television offered for free! Visit www.freetelly.com for the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room.
Investor
Jun 2021
Copilot (https://www.copilotup.com/) allows you to know what happened on your customer conversations in one minute. We record customer conversations, extract insights that are tailored to your sales process and methodology (MEDDIC/BANT, etc.), and fill out your CRM with those insights.
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2026
Investor
Jan 2026
Perpetual stratospheric birds for seeing and connecting the world. Born in a garage. Proven in the desert. Chasing the forgotten frontier.
2023
Investor
Dec 2023
Autopilot is a next-gen trading app and registered investment advisor (RIA) that makes professional-style investing accessible to everyone. Users can autopilot the portfolios of politicians, public figures, and top investors, or create and launch their own fund for others to follow. Built for transparency and ease of use, Autopilot reimagines how people invest, manage, and grow their money. Backed by notable investors such as Craft Ventures (Airbnb, Slack, Tesla), Nomad Ventures (Intro, Bezel), Balaji Ventures (Perplexity), and Next Fund (7Signal). Autopilot is ranked among the Top 30 Most Downloaded Finance Apps. With over 3M+ million downloads, $750M+ in assets under management (AUM), 150k+ users, and a rapidly growing community of 80k+ subscribers, Autopilot is quickly becoming a leader in fintech. Autopilot Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This page is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities or investment products. Any information contained herein is provided with the understanding that the recipient will conduct their own due diligence before making any investment decisions. Investments carry a risk of loss and past performance is not indicative of future results.
Investor
Jan 2023
Founded in 2020, Mesh is the first global payment network for crypto, connecting hundreds of exchanges, wallets, and payment service providers to enable seamless digital asset payments and conversions. By unifying these platforms into a single network, Mesh is pioneering an open, connected, and secure ecosystem for digital finance.
2022
Investor
Dec 2022
Meet Capsule—the first video editor made exclusively for work. Capsule makes it easy for anyone in your company to create fast, consistent-looking videos. It turns your creative team’s motion files into beautiful components that can be added to videos in one click. It’s a motion design system for everyone.
Investor
Nov 2022
Lavender is your AI Email Coach It combines everything you need to easily write sales emails that get replies. Get real time AI-driven coaching on your email, research your prospect without leaving your inbox, confirm their email is valid, check if your email will land in SPAM, see how it looks on mobile, plus much more. SDRs and AEs from the worlds largest companies use Lavender to boost opens and double replies. If you get a reply, youre more likely to book a meeting and close a deal. #TryLavender
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