John Durant

Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Location: Portola Valley, California, United States

Managing Director · Wild Ventures

John Durant, founder and Managing Partner of Wild Ventures, invests in **early-stage (seed)** consumer health startups across sectors like **food & beverage, health tech, sports/fitness, and microbiome**, with typical check sizes of **$300K–

M** (averaging ~$500K) [1][2][4][10]. His distinctive **influencer-based thesis** pools capital from health and wellness influencers to drive both funding a…