John May (angel investor)

[4] He is a lead instructor for the "Power of Angel Investing" seminar produced by the Angel Resource Institute and supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a Batten Fellow at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia and a Managing Director of Seraphim,[5] a UK-based venture capital fund.

[6] May began his work in angel investing when he co-founded the Investors' Circle,[7] a network of over 200 investors who use private capital to fund businesses that address social and environmental issues.

In 2015, May co-edited, with Mannie Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), the book Angel Without Borders: Trends and Policies Shaping Angel Investment Worldwide (World Scientific Press: Singapore).

[15] In 2016, May was selected as Co-Chairman of the newly formed Global Business Angel Network.

[16] May holds a BA from Earlham College and an MPA from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

John May, Co-Chairman of the World Business Angel Association, addressing the delegates at the inaugural World Business Angel Association Global Conference at the Great Hall of the People. Beijing, China, on 06 December 2009
John May addressing the WBAA Global Conference, 2009