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Primary Job Title Partner
Primary Organization
Menlo Ventures

Location Menlo Park, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male

Investor Type
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Shawn Carolan is based out of Menlo Park, California and is the Partner of Menlo Ventures. Shawn previously worked at Handle as a CEO. Shawn Carolan attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

Shawn Carolan

invested in

BetterLesson

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. This investment -

Series A - BetterLesson

- was valued at

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	BetterLesson	—	Series A - BetterLesson	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Manifest OS	Menlo Ventures	Yes	Series A - Manifest OS	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	BrainGrid	Menlo Ventures	Yes	Pre Seed Round - BrainGrid	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Arc Boats	Menlo Ventures	—	Series C - Arc Boats	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Function Health	Menlo Ventures	—	Series B - Function Health	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Assemble Labs	Menlo Ventures	Yes	Pre Seed Round - Assemble Labs	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Monarch Money	Menlo Ventures	—	Series B - Monarch Money	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kinetic Automation	Menlo Ventures	Yes	Series B - Kinetic Automation	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kabata	Menlo Ventures	Yes	Seed Round - Kabata	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Arc Boats	Menlo Ventures	—	Series B - Arc Boats	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Unagi Scooters	Menlo Ventures	—	Series B - Unagi Scooters	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Shawn Carolan

is the

Partner

Menlo Ventures

. Additionally,

Shawn Carolan

has had

past jobs including

Investment Lead

Uber

Menlo Ventures PartnerSep 1, 2002

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Uber	Investment Lead	Feb 2013	Feb 2020
Handle	Co-Founder & CEO	Jul 2011	2016
Menlo Ventures	Associate	Sep 1, 2002	Aug 1, 2004
Booz Allen Hamilton	Summer Associate of Management Consulting	Jan 2001	Apr 2001
OpenPort	Manager of Software Architecture	May 1997	Aug 2000
SAIC	Research Scientist - DEMACO Inc	Feb 1996	Apr 1997
Motorola Solutions	Systems Engineer Intern for Cellular Infrastructure Group	Jan 1996	Feb 1996
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Team Member	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

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Shawn Carolan

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

OpenSpace

Board Member

ShipBob

, and

Board Member

Chime

OpenSpace Board MemberMar 2021
ShipBob Board MemberAug 22, 2018
Chime Board MemberMay 2018
IMVU Board MemberOct 2005

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Roku	Board Member	Sep 2008	May 2018
JUMP Bikes	Board Member	Nov 2017	Apr 2018
Telenav	Board Member	Jan 2006	May 2015
PlayPhone	Board Member	Aug 2006	May 2014
YuMe	Board Member	Jan 2010	May 2014
Rocketship Education	Board Member	Jul 2010	Mar 2013
Siri	Board Member	Jan 2008	Apr 1, 2010
PlaySpan	Board Member	Sep 2007	Feb 2010
CinemaNow	Board Member	Jul 2004	Oct 2008

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Alumni Founded Companies	93,846
Thunderbird School of Global Management Alumni Founded Companies	44,065
Virginia Commonwealth University Alumni Founded Companies	64,803
West Coast Investors with Funds Raised in 2024	46,053
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Alumni Founded Companies	89,268
University of Liverpool Alumni Founded Companies	62,604
Queensland University of Technology Alumni Founded Companies	37,693
University of Pisa Alumni Founded Companies	74,682

Education

Shawn Carolan

studied at

Stanford Graduate School of Business

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

, and

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Stanford Graduate School of Business MBAMBA2002
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign BSElectrical Engineering + CS Minor1996
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign MSElectrical Engineering1997

Events

Number of Events

Shawn Carolan

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

Global Capital Summit Spring 2018

May 3, 2018

Global Capital Summit Spring 2018 Speaker Palo Alto, California, United States, North AmericaMay 3, 2018
TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaSep 18, 2017