John Backus
Washington, Dc Metropolitan Area
I’m a co-founder and Managing Partner at NAV.VC, an innovative venture capital firm with several early stage funds investing in cybersecurity, ecommerce, mobile, higher education, digital media and the business of healthcare. We are also about to reinvent VC with our PROOF Fund. I’m based just outside Washington DC and have been investing nationally for two decades, both within the DFJ network and through the firm we started in 2006. I serve on the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the Center for Public Policy Innovation (CPPI), Invincea, Spotflux, BrandYourself, PokitDok and the Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation. Given my interest in both politics and technology, I served as Chairman of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Board of Directors, and as a technology policy adviser to Virginia governors Gilmore, Warner and McDonnell.