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Overview

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Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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John Lyman is the Managing Partner of Telescope. He previously worked at Google Ventures as a Partner. John Lyman attended the Georgetown University.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Pre Seed Round - Knapsack

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Knapsack	No	Pre Seed Round - Knapsack	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Coaster Cycles	—	Seed Round - Coaster Cycles	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Outlier	Google Ventures	Yes	Series B - Outlier	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Tend	Google Ventures	—	Series C - Tend	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Tend	Google Ventures	Yes	Series B - Tend	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Blavity	Google Ventures	Yes	Series A - Blavity	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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is the

Managing Partner

at

. Additionally,

has had

past jobs including

Head of Partnerships and Marketing

at

.

Telescope Managing PartnerMay 5, 2025

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Google	Head of Partnerships and Marketing	Jun 2013	Mar 2016
Clinton Global Initiative University	Deputy Chairperson	May 2005	Dec 2007
Center for American Progress - CAP	Research Associate	Aug 2003	Apr 2005
Google Ventures	Partner	Mar 1, 2016	—
Google Ventures	Head of Partnerships	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

holds

board and advisor roles including

Investor and Advisor

at

,

Investor & Board Observer

at

, and

Investor & Advisor

at

.

Toast Investor and AdvisorJun 2017
Podium Investor & Board ObserverMay 2017
Lola.com Investor & AdvisorFeb 2017
Blavity Board Of Director

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Brandless	Investor & Board Observer	Jul 2017	—

Education

studied at

Georgetown University

and

University of California Berkeley

.

Georgetown University BAGovernment
University of California Berkeley Master of Public Policy

Events

Number of Events

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

Tech Inclusion 2016

on

Oct 26, 2016

.

Tech Inclusion 2016 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaOct 26, 2016
LAUNCH Festival 2015 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaMar 2, 2015

Recent News and Activity

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Funding Round•

Aug 7, 2024

Knapsack raised

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from Allrise Capital and 12 other investors

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Sep 21, 2020

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Funding Round•

Oct 31, 2019

Coaster Cycles raised

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from Grant Allen and John Lyman

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News•

Sep 25, 2013

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