John Hulwick

Growth leader and investor - AI and data

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
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Investor/Advisor
Aug 2023
Finish what your AI started. Weavy is the missing layer for AI-built apps. AI builders get you to 80%. Weavy takes you the rest of the way — with production-ready components like real-time chat, file sharing, activity feeds, and AI copilots. Designed for platforms like Lovable, Replit, v0.dev, and Bolt, Weavy drops in the collaboration features your AI skipped — no backend rebuilds, no duct-taped APIs. Built for serious teams, but easy for anyone to use. From side projects to secure internal tools — if your app needs chat, files, or AI, Weavy already built it. Weavy, what serious apps are made of.
Investor / Advisor
Mar 2022
Build once. Reuse everywhere. Suggestic helps health and wellness organizations escape pilot purgatory and operationalize AI to create sustainable competitive advantage. We’re at an AI architecture moment. The winners won’t be those with the most AI tools— they’ll be the ones with the best AI infrastructure. Only 8% of enterprises have scaled AI successfully, yet those leaders are growing 1.5× faster than their peers. Suggestic makes that level of impact achievable for every health and wellness organization. The Challenge Most organizations are trapped in endless AI experimentation—using the same off-the-shelf tools as everyone else. Those tools deliver convenience, not competitive advantage. Our Solution We design, build, and operate tailored AI applications on a reusable data foundation that deliver measurable value in weeks, not years. Our platform and process combine: • 10+ years of health & wellness expertise that generic AI platforms lack • HIPAA/SOC2-validated infrastructure trusted by global corporations • 8-week time-to-first-win, versus 18+ months for typical internal builds • A reusable architecture that makes every next application 50–70% faster and lower cost Proven Results • 6.5× increase in engagement • 70% higher customer retention • 85% reduction in support burden • Response times cut from days to seconds Each implementation becomes a foundation for the next—compounding ROI and strengthening enterprise capability over time. Ready to move beyond AI experimentation to operational competitive advantage? Contact us: hi@suggestic.com www.suggestic.com
Investor
Apr 2020
Nuella TV is a video streaming service for 1.3B Africans. Nuella’s mission is to connect African people across the globe through movies and TV and to tell the story of Africa and the Africans to the World. Nuella TV features curated selection of Nigerian, Ghanaian, African-American and international movies and TV shows and offers free streaming and a range of subscription options.
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2023
Investor/Advisor
Aug 2023
Finish what your AI started. Weavy is the missing layer for AI-built apps. AI builders get you to 80%. Weavy takes you the rest of the way — with production-ready components like real-time chat, file sharing, activity feeds, and AI copilots. Designed for platforms like Lovable, Replit, v0.dev, and Bolt, Weavy drops in the collaboration features your AI skipped — no backend rebuilds, no duct-taped APIs. Built for serious teams, but easy for anyone to use. From side projects to secure internal tools — if your app needs chat, files, or AI, Weavy already built it. Weavy, what serious apps are made of.
2022
Investor / Advisor
Mar 2022
Build once. Reuse everywhere. Suggestic helps health and wellness organizations escape pilot purgatory and operationalize AI to create sustainable competitive advantage. We’re at an AI architecture moment. The winners won’t be those with the most AI tools— they’ll be the ones with the best AI infrastructure. Only 8% of enterprises have scaled AI successfully, yet those leaders are growing 1.5× faster than their peers. Suggestic makes that level of impact achievable for every health and wellness organization. The Challenge Most organizations are trapped in endless AI experimentation—using the same off-the-shelf tools as everyone else. Those tools deliver convenience, not competitive advantage. Our Solution We design, build, and operate tailored AI applications on a reusable data foundation that deliver measurable value in weeks, not years. Our platform and process combine: • 10+ years of health & wellness expertise that generic AI platforms lack • HIPAA/SOC2-validated infrastructure trusted by global corporations • 8-week time-to-first-win, versus 18+ months for typical internal builds • A reusable architecture that makes every next application 50–70% faster and lower cost Proven Results • 6.5× increase in engagement • 70% higher customer retention • 85% reduction in support burden • Response times cut from days to seconds Each implementation becomes a foundation for the next—compounding ROI and strengthening enterprise capability over time. Ready to move beyond AI experimentation to operational competitive advantage? Contact us: hi@suggestic.com www.suggestic.com
2020
Investor
Apr 2020
Nuella TV is a video streaming service for 1.3B Africans. Nuella’s mission is to connect African people across the globe through movies and TV and to tell the story of Africa and the Africans to the World. Nuella TV features curated selection of Nigerian, Ghanaian, African-American and international movies and TV shows and offers free streaming and a range of subscription options.
early stageEntertainment
2008
Head of Securities Research Team
Jan 2008
Fisher Investments is an independent, fee-only investment adviser serving clients across three principal business units: US Private Client, Institutional and Private Client International. Together, these groups serve a diverse global client base that includes corporations, public and multi-employer pension funds, foundations and endowments, governments and high net worth families. Fisher Investments was founded in 1979 by Ken Fisher, who served as CEO for 37 years and now serves as Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer. Ken wrote the Forbes “Portfolio Strategy” column from 1984 through 2016, making him the longest continuously running columnist in the magazine’s history. He now writes monthly, native language columns in major media organs around the world, spanning more countries and more languages in more total reach than any other, non-syndicated columnist of any type ever. Ken has written 11 books—including 4 New York Times bestsellers—and has regularly appeared on CNBC, Fox Business, Fox News, CNN International, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg TV, and numerous other financial news outlets. For more information on Fisher Investments, please visit www.fisherinvestments.com. Careers Page: https://www.fisherinvestments.com/en-us/careers Important Disclosures: https://www.fisherinvestments.com/en-us/disclosures Privacy Policy: https://www.fisherinvestments.com/en-us/privacy Community Guidelines: https://www.fisherinvestments.com/en-us/communityguidelines
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