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Our Team
Rren Schafer (Investor, Operating Partner)
Rren Schafer is a dynamic, perceptive, and tenacious entrepreneur whose work thrives at the powerful intersection of art and technology, where beauty meets precision and ideas become experiences that move people. For her entire life, she has been equally drawn to the emotional resonance of art and the limitless potential of technology, honing an intuitive, solution-oriented mindset through continuous global travel and deliberate immersion in the world’s most forward-thinking minds and movements. That is an eloquent way of saying, she's an idealistic sci-fi enthusiast.
She brings over 20 years of entrepreneurship and executive leadership as a 4x tech founder to the Compassion Ventures team. She has a diverse background spanning GIS and data analytics, UAV systems, educational SaaS platforms, think-tank and fund structures, land development, and high-end commercial and residential construction. This foundation has equipped her to synthesize influences from every corner of the planet, spotting possibilities others miss and turning them into decisive, high-impact outcomes.
Today, Schafer helps visionary teams and organizations bridge creativity and technology to build products, brands, and futures that feel both inevitable and inspired—excelling in forging partnerships, leading high-performing teams, and implementing business strategies that propel people and products forward. Her expertise amplifies the ability to focus on business fundamentals as a foundation, ensuring solid growth from the onset.
Across all her endeavors, Schafer’s work is united by a single throughline: the deepest conviction that the most meaningful innovations happen when aesthetics and functionality fuse seamlessly, transforming entrepreneurship into a force that elevates the human experience.
Whether shaping the next wave of tech-driven solutions, mentoring emerging leaders, or connecting at the edge of art, design, and innovation, Schafer’s path is guided by a single north star: Create not for the sake of novelty, but to elevate the human experience—and use business as the catalyst to keep those creations alive. To quote one of her favorite architects, "Form ever follows function." -Louis Sullivan
Meet the Founder
John Vincent Lee
John Vincent Lee is a founder, storyteller, and creative systems-builder whose work lives at the intersection of technology, altruism, and art. Beginning his career as a photojournalist documenting American protest movements, from Occupy Wall Street to Standing Rock-- Lee developed an instinct for capturing the human spirit in moments of tension, resilience, and transformation.
He later founded Loopie, scaling it into a multi-city venture before selling the core operations and evolving the company into Loopie Technologies, a reimagined SaaS platform for entrepreneurship. Today, Lee leads Compassion Ventures, a mission-driven venture studio building regenerative companies such as ChatGPTree.ai, GPT.website, Facsimiles.ai, and the Creative Altruism Institute.
Across all of his projects, Lee’s work is united by a single throughline: the belief that entrepreneurship can be a vessel for creative altruism: the idea that innovation and generosity can be engineered into systems that make the world better.
As an artist, Lee writes and creates under the name Jon Kiote, a cinematic alter-ego inspired by the mythic courage of Don Quixote and the introspective wanderings of filmmakers like Richard Linklater and Werner Herzog. His creative practice spans photography, poetry, conceptual filmmaking, and long-form narrative documentation.
Whether planting trees through AI interactions, building digital-twin legacies, reimagining laundromats, mentoring founders, or designing philosophical technology, Lee’s work is guided by a single north star:
Use creativity to build systems that help people, and use business to keep those systems alive.
