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Brian Shin

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Investor at VitalStage Ventures · Board director at Excalibur Metals Corp. · Founder at Searchable AI

San Francisco, California

Writes $500K – $2M checks · typically $1M

FoundedSearchable AI

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Brian Shin is Managing Partner of VitalStage Ventures AI-Native Fund and co-founder of Joinable Labs, Inc. With over 25 years in technology entrepreneurship, he has completed five exits as a co-founder, co-authored two AI patents, and served as head of AI for an $8 billion public software company. His investment experience includes early positions in HubSpot, Drift, Kayak, and other infrastructure and AI/ML companies, as well as institutional roles at In-Q-Tel and PSG/Providence Equity Partners.

Board director at Excalibur Metals Corp.

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Excalibur Metals Corp.'s investors · 1

VitalStage VenturesSan Francisco · since 2026

Founder at Searchable AI

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Defy PartnersWoodside · $3M – $10M checks · since 2020

Experience

  1. VitalStage VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Joinable Labs, Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2024 — present
  3. Project PrometheusInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  4. ReplitInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  5. Together AIInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  6. AntarisInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  7. Hexo LabsInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  8. GroqInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  9. Plex ResearchInvestorcurrent2024 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  10. Deepnight (YC W24)Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  11. ego (YC W24)Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  12. Octolane AI (YC W24)Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  13. Toma (YC W24)Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  14. Duckie (YC W24)Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  15. TensorFuse (YC W24)Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  16. CodeAnt AI (YC W24)Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  17. Not DiamondInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  18. Patented.aiInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  19. GaiaNet.AIAdvisorcurrent2024 — presentSingapore
  20. defy.vcAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentWoodside, California, United States
  21. TVisionAdvisory Boardcurrent2020 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  22. General Catalyst PartnersLimited Partnercurrent2007 — presentCambridge, MA
  23. BeamableMember of The Board of Directors2021 — 2025
  24. SmartsheetSr. Director, Product Management; Leader of AI Strategy and Product2023San Francisco, California, United States
  25. searchable.aiCo-Founder2019 — 2023San Francisco, California
  26. AREVOMember of The Board of Directors2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  27. Providence Equity PartnersManaging Director2018 — 2019Providence, Rhode Island Area
  28. In-Q-TelPartner, Investments2017 — 2018Greater Boston
  29. NextView VenturesEntrepreneur Advisor2010 — 2018Boston, MA
  30. Visible Measures (Nasdaq: ATY)Founder & CEO2005 — 2017
  31. Sirtris Pharma (Nasdaq: SIRT)Consultant to the CEO2004 — 2006
  32. Goldman Sachs & Co. (NYSE: GS)Summer Associate, Investment Management Division2005
  33. Infraweb, Inc.Co-founder & President2000 — 2004
  34. Medsite, Inc. (now WebMD)Vice President, Technology1998 — 2000
  35. Creative Aspects, Inc.Co-founder, VP Product1998 — 1999Cambridge, MA
  36. Allaire CorporationWeb Developer and Tech Support1997 — 1998

Skills & more

StartupsCapital RaisingProduct StrategyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Start-ups95Entrepreneurship54Analytics22Mobile Devices5Online Advertising5Product Management15Digital Media4E-commerce9
+12 moreBusiness DevelopmentWeb VideoBusiness StrategyDigital StrategyDigital MarketingProduct DevelopmentSEMMarketing StrategySaaSEnterprise SoftwareStrategyManagement

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Investments

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Atrium LTSAutopoiesis SciencesBedrock DataCodeAnt AIDeepNightDigitsDivvyCloudHubSpotInfringementsInvalidateLookeryOctolane AIPatented.aiReady4ReasonerShareaholicTettra

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Colleagues at VitalStage Ventures

Anirudh Seth
VitalStage AI Advisory Board at VitalStage Ventures
Cooper Parks
VitalStage Fund Operations Lead at VitalStage Ventures
Fumi Matsumoto
Venture Partner at VitalStage Ventures
Mehdi Sehlouli
AI Engineer at VitalStage Ventures
Raj Aggarwal
VitalStage AI Advisory Board at VitalStage Ventures
Stephen Gregorio
Operating Partner, Strategic Finance at VitalStage Ventures
Trond Wuellner
VitalStage AI Advisory Board at VitalStage Ventures
Waikit Lau
Venture Partner at VitalStage Ventures

Network10

Adam GrosserScout
Chairman and Managing Partner at UP Partners
Alice BentinckScout
Cofounder and CEO at Entrepreneur First
Aubrie PaganoScout
General Partner, Managing Member at Corigin Ventures
David BrownScout
Founder at Impellent Ventures
Diane HessanScout
Special Advisor at Data Point Capital
Giuseppe StutoScout
Co-Founder, Managing Partner at 186 Ventures
Kulveer TaggarScout
Investor
Salil DeshpandeScout
General Partner at Uncorrelated Ventures
Tom BlomfieldScout
Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member.
Ally Warson
Partner at UP Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Brian Shin?
Brian Shin is Managing Partner of VitalStage Ventures AI-Native Fund and co-founder of Joinable Labs, Inc. With over 25 years in technology entrepreneurship, he has completed five exits as a co-founder, co-authored two AI patents, and served as head of AI for an $8 billion public software company. His investment experience includes early positions in HubSpot, Drift, Kayak, and other infrastructure and AI/ML companies, as well as institutional roles at In-Q-Tel and PSG/Providence Equity Partners.
Where does Brian Shin work?
Brian Shin is Founder of Searchable AI and Investor at VitalStage Ventures and Board director at Excalibur Metals Corp..
What check size does Brian Shin write?
Brian Shin typically writes checks of $500K – $2M.
What companies did Brian Shin found?
Brian Shin founded Searchable AI.
What companies has Brian Shin invested in?
Investments tracked here include Atrium LTS, Autopoiesis Sciences, Bedrock Data, CodeAnt AI, DeepNight, Digits, DivvyCloud, HubSpot, Infringements, Invalidate, Lookery, Octolane AI, and 5 more.
Where did Brian Shin go to school?
Brian Shin studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA, Biomedical Enterprise Program); Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (S.M. (on leave), Biomedical Enterprise Program); Tufts University (Bachelor's degree, Biology).

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