John Izaguirre
Operator across technology, culture and markets before the playbook exists.
Senior strategy and partnerships operator with 15+ years across global technology companies, high-growth ventures and founder-led products. Builds new markets through product strategy, GTM, strategic partnerships, ecosystem design and first-proof execution.
John has spent 15+ years building products, ecosystems, partnerships and growth across Europe and Latin America — from global technology networks to independent culture.
He helped establish ConsenSys in DACH, led Europe and app product at Ontology, including the launch of ONTO and identity work with Daimler/Mercedes-Benz, and later led growth, business development and developer ecosystems across BNB Chain, Prosegur Crypto, Bit2Me and Censo. He went on to co-found Tadle and Lemonade.social, operating directly at the intersection of product, market formation and partnerships.
Alongside those operating roles, DotDots — now I.O.V — has been his independent practice since 2012: fractional CMO and growth work for Ostgut Ton, fractional Head of Growth for MV Global, advisor to Chainlink, where he helped shape and co-create the Build Program, and event leadership for Berlin Fashion Week 2016–17.
The thread is consistent: see the market early, make the bet legible, assemble the right people, and build the first proof.
That is what became I.O.V.
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Senior strategy and partnerships operator with 15+ years across global technology companies, high-growth ventures and founder-led products. Builds new markets through product strategy, GTM, strategic partnerships, ecosystem design and first-proof execution.
We build maps for markets that do not exist yet.

Plate IOV/POR-02 · graphite on stone · arrow keys open the excavation; the identity zone never moves.