Primary Job Title General Partner Primary Organization 
Horizon Ventures
Location San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Regions West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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John Hall is a member at Sand Hill Angels and has more than 24 years of experience in the venture capital industry. In 1989 he co-founded Newtek Ventures II where he was a General Partner until 1999 when he co-founded Horizon Ventures.
Before becoming a venture capitalist, John had broad experience as a senior financial executive over a 20-year
period including Syntex Pharmaceuticals for 7 years as the International Chemical Group Controller and Intel Semiconductors for 4 years as Group Controller of International Operations.
He was a co-founder of Cadnetix, a successful EDA software company where he was CFO for 7 years, taking them through their IPO and later participating in the sale of the company for over $300M.
As a venture capitalist, John has been a member of 24 boards of directors of both private and public companies and currently serves on the boards of two private companies.
He holds a B.S. degree in Accounting and Finance and an MBA in Finance from San Jose State University.
