John Sharp | Founding Partner | Hatcher+

John is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Hatcher+, a Top-20 Data-Driven venture firm, and the developer of the multi-award-winning, AI-powered FAAST (Funds As A Service Technology) platform.

John has extensive commercial experience at the senior management level, having been the Chief Executive Officer of Authentium, Inc. the Managing Director, Asia, of WorldSpace, and CEO of Hatcher, the precursor company to Hatcher+. A tenacious and driven executive with longstanding board-level and C-suite level management experience within high-growth companies, John maintains a single family office based in Singapore, which invests globally with a focus on generative AI, fintech, and decarbonization.

As Chairman and CEO of cybersecurity pioneer Authentium (acquired by CYREN in 2010), John has co-authored three US patents and delivered cybersecurity solutions to some of the largest organizations in the world, including the US Department of Commerce, NASA, AOL, British Telecom, Comcast, Cox Communications, Google, McAfee, Microsoft, Symantec, and Telstra. As CTO at Hatcher+, DocDoc, Heardable, and ThoughtRiver, John has designed and developed several highly-innovative technology platforms using cutting-edge approaches to data processing, financial decision-making, user interface design, and workflow optimization.

John is a frequent blogger and an in-demand speaker at venture and family office events worldwide and has extensive experience implementing ESG solutions as Chairman and/or board member of numerous start-ups, including director roles at Hatcher+, trade finance provider ASYX, and payment aggregator Mozido, and roles as Chairman of MENA-based financial services pioneer Telr, and co-founder and director of the first reversible, space-based climate mitigation solution, EarthGuard.