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About
Chris Shanahan is a principal on the investment team at DFJ Growth, focusing on companies at the intersection of hardware and software—such as defensetech, autonomy, energy, robotics, and smart systems—as well as lifetech. He joined the firm in February 2018 and previously served as a DFJ Growth Fellow embedded at Neuralink in 2022. Before that, he was an analyst at Greenhill & Co. working on mergers and acquisitions and held R&D engineering roles at Boston Scientific's neuromodulation division and Johnson & Johnson's Acclarent division. He holds a bachelor of science with honors in biomedical engineering from Cal Poly.
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Invests in
Defense TechEnergyHardwareRoboticsSpace Tech
Investments
Investor
CellanomeCellaresCommonwealth FusionGlowforgeHidden LevelNeocisNeuralinkNotCoParadigm HealthSaronicSpaceXVannevar LabsXxAI
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chris Shanahan?
- Chris Shanahan is a principal on the investment team at DFJ Growth, focusing on companies at the intersection of hardware and software—such as defensetech, autonomy, energy, robotics, and smart systems—as well as lifetech. He joined the firm in February 2018 and previously served as a DFJ Growth Fellow embedded at Neuralink in 2022. Before that, he was an analyst at Greenhill & Co. working on mergers and acquisitions and held R&D engineering roles at Boston Scientific's neuromodulation division and Johnson & Johnson's Acclarent division. He holds a bachelor of science with honors in biomedical engineering from Cal Poly.
- Where does Chris Shanahan work?
- Chris Shanahan is Principal at DFJ.
- What does Chris Shanahan invest in?
- Chris Shanahan invests in Defense Tech, Energy, Hardware, Robotics, Space Tech.
- What companies has Chris Shanahan invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Cellanome, Cellares, Commonwealth Fusion, Glowforge, Hidden Level, Neocis, Neuralink, NotCo, Paradigm Health, Saronic, SpaceX, Vannevar Labs, and 2 more.
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