Partner
John Giampetroni
Co-founder and Managing Director, Velvet Sea Ventures
- Firm
- Velvet Sea Ventures
- Title
- Co-founder and Managing Director
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 18 September 2026
About
John has been a professional investor for 30 years. John co-founded Rizvi Traverse Management (RTM) in 2005 and continues to serve as COO and on the investment committee. John has served on the board of directors of numerous portfolio companies owned by prior RTM funds including SESAC, an RTM portfolio company sold to Blackstone. RTM has made multiple investments in control and non-control ventures since 2005 with equity capital commitments in excess of $2 billion. Prior to founding RTM, John was at major Wall Street firms, most recently Morgan Stanley. John earned a BA from Michigan State University and serves on the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees at Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, MI. John is a co-founder and Managing Director of VSV and serves on the investment committee.
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