John Andrews

Practitioner-Professor | Applied AI | Company Builder

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2025
VC🌍 United States
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Angel Investor
Feb 2025
Welcome to Michael Waltrip Brewing on LinkedIn! 🏁🍺 Discover craft beers inspired by the adrenaline of auto racing. Founded by two-time Daytona 500 champion Michael Waltrip, were driven to blend the excitement of the track with exceptional brews. Follow us for the latest updates and events as we race to make our mark nationwide.
late stageConsumer Goods
Strategic Advisor & Investor
Mar 2022
ohsnap is a leading innovator of smartphone accessories.
Strategic Advisor & Investor
Jan 2014
Photofy is Marketing Made Easy for your business! Available on Desktop and Mobile devices, Photofy enables you to create and share your marketing content anywhere you are. The Photofy marketing platform allows you to snap a quick photo, or take a video testimonial, and enhance them with logos, headshots, contact information, and more. Make your brand stand out with stunning visuals and increase your leads by attracting more customers 24/7. You’ll also be able to supercharge your Social Footprint with Photofy’s Social Analytics tools. Photofy Social Analytics takes the guesswork out of knowing what is resonating with your community. Amp up your marketing game with a streamlined sales-driving solution in mind. Photofy was founded in 2013 in Raleigh, NC, to build the worlds easiest content creation tool for individuals and businesses. Our mission is to spark the next generation of content marketing by empowering our users to personalize their digital media through easy-to-use templates, overlays, and design tools. The Photofy platform is designed to help brands drive employee advocacy through Employee Created Content, and consistent influencer content creation to generate drive scale, authenticity, and localization.
Experience · 8 entries
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Investments (3)
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2025
Director of Growth and Partnerships - US (Fractional)
Jul 2025
Enterprises are racing to build AI agents, but face challenges with time-to-market and time-to-revenue. Swirl helps automotive and consumer brands deploy bespoke AI agents— including sales, search, and voice agents that think, talk, and sell like their best salespeople. Think of Swirl as the "Palantir" of Agentic Commerce — the only platform that uses a proprietary voice-of-the-customer framework to enable brands to launch consumer-facing AI agents on their own native sites / apps, that are multimodal, domain-trained, and customized to their internal workflows. Plus, we help you go live in days, not months. Trusted by fortune 2000 clients globally: Al-futtaim, BYD, Blue rewards, LG, VIVO, BigBasket, and more. Backed by Draper Ventures and SparkLabs, ShastraVC, PeerCheque, and other prominent angels.
Angel Investor
Feb 2025
Welcome to Michael Waltrip Brewing on LinkedIn! 🏁🍺 Discover craft beers inspired by the adrenaline of auto racing. Founded by two-time Daytona 500 champion Michael Waltrip, were driven to blend the excitement of the track with exceptional brews. Follow us for the latest updates and events as we race to make our mark nationwide.
late stageConsumer Goods
Partner, Brand & Media Strategy (Fractional)
Feb 2025
Founded by two time Daytona 500 champion and FOX Sports Broadcaster Michael Waltrip. The company is a powerful marketing platform that leverages expertise in Sports, CPG, Hospitality, and Media. www.WaltripBrands.com
2022
Strategic Advisor & Investor
Mar 2022
ohsnap is a leading innovator of smartphone accessories.
2014
Strategic Advisor & Investor
Jan 2014
Photofy is Marketing Made Easy for your business! Available on Desktop and Mobile devices, Photofy enables you to create and share your marketing content anywhere you are. The Photofy marketing platform allows you to snap a quick photo, or take a video testimonial, and enhance them with logos, headshots, contact information, and more. Make your brand stand out with stunning visuals and increase your leads by attracting more customers 24/7. You’ll also be able to supercharge your Social Footprint with Photofy’s Social Analytics tools. Photofy Social Analytics takes the guesswork out of knowing what is resonating with your community. Amp up your marketing game with a streamlined sales-driving solution in mind. Photofy was founded in 2013 in Raleigh, NC, to build the worlds easiest content creation tool for individuals and businesses. Our mission is to spark the next generation of content marketing by empowering our users to personalize their digital media through easy-to-use templates, overlays, and design tools. The Photofy platform is designed to help brands drive employee advocacy through Employee Created Content, and consistent influencer content creation to generate drive scale, authenticity, and localization.
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2014–2025 · 3 investments
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