John Shumate

John Shumate is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Venture First since April 2009. John is also the General Partner at Whiskey Capital Finance Co. since December 2019 and the Chairman of Strike Ventures since January 2020. John is a Board Member at Untitled Firm since October 2021, DealerTradeNetwork since March 2021, G&G Fitness Equipment, Inc. since August 2022, and Capture Higher Ed since May 2019. Additionally, they are an Investor at GoodMaps since December 2021, Forecastr since February 2019, and GoWild since March 2020.

John Shumate completed their education with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with a focus on Finance and Management from The Wharton School, where they attended from 2001 to 2005. Prior to that, they were enrolled at the University of Louisville in 2000-2001, but the details of their degree and field of study are not specified. John also attended Francis Parker School of Louisville from 1988 to 2000, but it is not mentioned whether they obtained a degree or what their field of study was during this time.