# John Wood, Founder > John Wood, Founder. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/john-wood (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Angel # John Wood Founder Email Stages *Pre-seed* *Seed* Backs *Energy* *Cleantech* *Climate Tech* Latest rounds - **Voltavate** Pre-seed · $553k Jun 2025 - **MyVerse** Seed · $400k Jul 2010 Follow John Wood and see their new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fperson%2Fjohn-wood) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 2 last Jun 2025 - **Filings:** 4 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 1 episodes - **Books:** 3 written What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them - ✓ **On filings** 4 filings with a regulator - **Linked to a firm** No firm on record - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=john-wood)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=john-wood) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 2 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $953k - **Active:** 2010–25 2025 - [Voltavate](https://millionrounds.com/company/voltavate) *Pre-seed* **$553k** *AU* Jun 2025 Joined · +7 investors 2010 - [MyVerse](https://millionrounds.com/company/myverse) *Seed* **$400k** *US* Jul 2010 Joined · +1 investor · historical By stage - Pre-seed **1** - Seed **1** What they backed Energy **1** Cleantech **1** Climate Tech **1** Alongside - [Artesian *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artesian) - [Christiaan Jordaan *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/christiaan-jordaan) - [Electrifi Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/electrifi-ventures) - [Investible *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investible) - Raf Manji *1* - [Reza Behnam *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reza-behnam) - [Steven Vassiloudis *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steven-vassiloudis) - [Tesi *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tesi) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc.** Director on 6 filings · since 2023 - SEC Form D · Company raising **STAY ALFRED, INC.** Director since 2018 - SEC Form D · Company raising **RESPECT YOUR UNIVERSE, INC.** Executive Officer, Director on 5 filings · since 2011 - SEC Form D · Company raising **IRR-Residential, LLC** manager since 2010 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Their books - Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children John Wood · 2006 4.10 from 4,682 ratings on Goodreads About the book John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work, not at business school or leading Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s, but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. Wood felt trapped between an all-consuming career and a desire to do something… On AmazonListen on Audible - Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy John Wood · 2013 4.09 from 771 ratings on Goodreads About the book The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive’s quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books What’s happened since John Wood left Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six million kids in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa. In 1999, at… On AmazonListen on Audible - Purpose, Incorporated: Turning Cause Into Your Competitive Advantage John Wood · 2018 4.04 from 74 ratings on Goodreads About the book Too many working professionals still subscribe to the old Milton-Friedman logic that “the sole social purpose of a business is to generate profit for shareholders.” In this revolutionary book, authors John Wood and Amalia McGibbon show once and for all that cause is not the… On AmazonListen on Audible - Find the books for what you are building, or how you invest. [Open the Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list) As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. ## Hear them before you pitch them - [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) · 17 May 2018 · 47 min Room to Read's John Wood on making Purpose your competitive advantage With [John Wood](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-wood) Their book [Leaving Microsoft to Change the World](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-wood#books) About this episode Room to Read has brought the enduring gift of education to 11.6 million children in 15 countries. Its founder, John Wood left his position as Director of Business Development for Microsoft’s Greater China region to found the organisation. Seventeen years later, with over 20,000 schools and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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