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Charles Shannon
InvestorInvestor at Westbound Equity Partners · Venture Partner at Switch Ventures
San Francisco, California, United States
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1,874 people in our graph share verified history with Charles — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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About
Charles Shannon is an investor at Westbound Equity Partners. He was previously a Partner at Founders Circle Capital, a venture fund with $1.4Bn in AUM, and earlier served with Teach For America teaching middle school mathematics in Memphis, TN. He earned his BA from Harvard University.
Experience
- Early Investor / Advisor in Nala, Finix, Slang.ai, Collective, ExostellarEarly Stage Investorcurrent2018 — present
- Westbound Equity PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Switch VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DeelInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Next InsuranceInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- RobinhoodInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- NALAInvestor / Advisorcurrent2020 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- UiPathInvestorcurrent2019 — present
- StockXInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- DoorDashInvestorcurrent2019 — present
- CohesityInvestorcurrent2018 — present
- FinixInvestorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- FundboxInvestorcurrent2018 — present
- TuroInvestorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Founders Circle CapitalPartner2016 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Morgan StanleyInvestment Banking Analyst2015 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
- Morgan StanleyLeveraged Finance Analyst2013 — 2015Greater New York City Area
- Teach For AmericaCorps Member (Mathematics Teacher at Veritas College Preparatory)2011 — 2013Greater Memphis Area
- Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2012New York
- Bank of America Merrill LynchSummer Analyst2010
Skills & more
Spanish3PowerPoint3Microsoft Office2Lesson Planning2Higher Education3Tutoring10Research7Editing1Teaching6Curriculum Development2Curriculum Design2Educational Leadership3
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Investments
Board seats
Progeny
Investor
DatabricksDeelDocuSignDoorDashFinixNalaRobinhoodTrmLabsTuroUiPath
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Colleagues at Westbound Equity Partners
Alan Waxman
Investment Advisory Committee; CEO, Sixth Street at Westbound Equity Partners
Andre Iguodala
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mosaic General Partnership, LLC
Brian Rumao
Managing Director at Next Play Ventures
Danae Sterental
Partner at Westbound Equity Partners
Danae Sterental Rivera
Partner at Westbound Equity Partners
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee
Co-Founder and CEO at Westbound Equity Partners
Garrett Clinton
Investor at Westbound Equity Partners
Ian Beadle
Partner at Westbound Equity Partners
Network5
Adam Simons
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Anagha Bharadwaj
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Andrew Boston
Partner at Founders Circle Capital
Ken Loveless
Partner, Co-Founder at Founders Circle Capital
Mike Jung
Partner, Co-Founder at Founders Circle Capital
Investors connected to Charles in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Charles Shannon?
- Charles Shannon is an investor at Westbound Equity Partners. He was previously a Partner at Founders Circle Capital, a venture fund with $1.4Bn in AUM, and earlier served with Teach For America teaching middle school mathematics in Memphis, TN. He earned his BA from Harvard University.
- Where does Charles Shannon work?
- Charles Shannon is Investor at Westbound Equity Partners.
- What boards does Charles Shannon sit on?
- Charles Shannon holds tracked board seats at Progeny.
- What companies has Charles Shannon invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Databricks, Deel, DocuSign, DoorDash, Finix, Nala, Robinhood, TrmLabs, Turo, UiPath.
- Where did Charles Shannon go to school?
- Charles Shannon studied at Harvard University.
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Finix11
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Chelcie TaylorInvestor at GGV CapitalRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalAmanda DawsonDirector, People Operations at StartXEllie HinkenInvestor at Khosla VenturesStefan SchroppSenior Regulatory Counsel at ParadigmBrandon WolfeCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Jordan Partners
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