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Individual Investor

Shawn Budde

Overview

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Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
  • Primary Job Title Principal
  • Primary Organization 
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    Ensemblex
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Shawn Budde is the Principal at Ensemblex.

Personal Investments

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Number of Investments 3
Shawn Budde has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Pre Seed Round - LOOK on
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LOOK
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Pre Seed Round - LOOK Logo
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Verdata Logo
Verdata
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Seed Round - Verdata Logo
Seed Round - Verdata
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Kin Insurance Logo
Kin Insurance
No
Angel Round - Kin Insurance Logo
Angel Round - Kin Insurance
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Jobs

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Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 6
Shawn Budde is the Principal at Ensemblex. Additionally, Shawn Budde has had 6 past jobs including CEO at Verifone (formerly 2Checkout).
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Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Verifone (formerly 2Checkout) Logo
Verifone (formerly 2Checkout)
CEOApr 21, 2014Oct 2015
Zest AI Logo
Zest AI
Co-Founder & President20102013
Sears Holdings Corporation Logo
Sears Holdings Corporation
Senior Vice-President, Merchandising Analytics20082008
KeyBank Logo
KeyBank
Senior Vice-President19961997
Capital One Logo
Capital One
President & GM, Westmoreland Agency; SVP, Enterprise Customer Management; VP, Marketing Operations——
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Citibank
Vice-President,Asst. Vice-President——

Board and Advisor Roles

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Shawn Budde is the Advisor at PayJoy.

Related Hubs

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Hub Name  
CB Rank (Hub)  
Great Lakes Financial Services Companies (Top 10K) Logo
Great Lakes Financial Services Companies (Top 10K)
2,724
Greater Chicago Area Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K) Logo
Greater Chicago Area Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)
3,631
FinTech Companies With Fewer Than 10 Employees (Top 10K) Logo
FinTech Companies With Fewer Than 10 Employees (Top 10K)
3,392
Sears Holdings Corporation Alumni Founded Companies Logo
Sears Holdings Corporation Alumni Founded Companies
85,320
Midwestern US Financial Services Companies (Top 10K) Logo
Midwestern US Financial Services Companies (Top 10K)
3,717
Illinois Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K) Logo
Illinois Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)
3,279
Midwestern US FinTech Companies Logo
Midwestern US FinTech Companies
29,747
Midwestern US Companies With Fewer Than 10 Employees (Top 10K) Logo
Midwestern US Companies With Fewer Than 10 Employees (Top 10K)
1,719
Illinois Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees (Top 10K) Logo
Illinois Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees (Top 10K)
3,701
Greater Chicago Area Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K) Logo
Greater Chicago Area Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K)
2,868

Education

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Shawn Budde studied at Columbia University and  Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Recent News and Activity

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Number of News Articles 11
Funding Round•Apr 1, 2025
LOOK raised
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Funding Round•Jan 25, 2022
Verdata raised
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from Al Goldstein and 4 other investors
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Funding Round•Sep 9, 2016
Kin Insurance raised
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from 500 Global and 12 other investors
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