Where does Katie Shea work?

Katie Shea is General Partner at Divergent Capital.

What check size does Katie Shea write?

Katie Shea typically writes checks of $250K – $1M.

Where did Katie Shea go to school?

Katie Shea studied at NYU Stern School of Business (BA, Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship).

Katie Shea

Investor

General Partner at Divergent Capital

New York, New York

Writes $250K – $1M checks · typically $1M

Find your path to Katie

511 people in our graph share verified history with Katie — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Chris BischoffunlockedKatie: together at Goldman Sachs (2008)

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About

Katie Shea pairs scrappy experience running a consumer brand from her apartment with consumer instincts in technical pre-seed, acting as high-conviction first-check partner who sits with founders through hardest moments.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintechHardwareHealthtechRobotics

Experience

Divergent CapitalFounder & Partnercurrent2021 — present
Angel InvestorAngel Investorcurrent2014 — present
Actions Capital (fka K50 Ventures)General Partner2019 — 2021
KairosGeneral Partner2017 — 2021
shea & co.Founder & Growth Consultant2015 — 2017
HomejoyGeneral Manager, New York2015
OrderGrooveHead of Marketing2013 — 2015
FUNK-tional EnterprisesCo-Founder2008 — 2013
Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2008

Skills & more

Networking14Entrepreneurship99Entrepreneurial Endeavors4Manufacturing7Entrepreneurship Education7Product Sourcing2Global Sourcing9Import/Export2Distribution3Warehousing2Social Media37Product Offerings2

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Social EntrepreneurshipStart-upsE-commerceInternational TradeMarketingNew Business DevelopmentMarketing StrategyProduct DevelopmentStrategyLeadershipSaaSSales

From Katie's professional profile.

Colleagues at Divergent Capital

Ava Keresztes

Investor at Divergent Capital

Brady H Ririe

Executive Officer at Divergent Capital

Greg Mulholland

Co-founder & CEO at Citrine Informatics

Jordan Richard Collins

Executive Officer at Divergent Capital

Katelin Shea

General Partner at Divergent Capital

Lucy Wang

Co-Founder and General Partner at Divergent Capital

William A Street

Executive Officer at Divergent Capital

Network2

Eric OngScout

Investor at Lightbank

Jason HeltzerScout

Managing Partner at Origin Ventures

Investors connected to Katie in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Katie Shea?: Katie Shea pairs scrappy experience running a consumer brand from her apartment with consumer instincts in technical pre-seed, acting as high-conviction first-check partner who sits with founders through hardest moments.
Where does Katie Shea work?: Katie Shea is General Partner at Divergent Capital.
What does Katie Shea invest in?: Katie Shea invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Robotics.
What check size does Katie Shea write?: Katie Shea typically writes checks of $250K – $1M.
Where did Katie Shea go to school?: Katie Shea studied at NYU Stern School of Business (BA, Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship).

Same school

Also attended NYU Stern School of Business692

Luna SchmidInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Kaz TeradaVenture Advisor at Monta Vista Capital Neil FongManaging Director Asia at Burda Principal Investments Max WechterSenior Director of AI at Lerer Hippeau Krupa VankayalaPartner, People & HR at Sapphire Ventures Danny BrowneInvestor at FJ Labs

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Shared employers

Also worked at Actions Capital (fka K50 Ventures)11

Dylan PeralesPrincipal at PureTerra Ventures Ryan BloomerFounder and Managing Partner at K50 Ventures Daniel VásquezSenior Partner at K50 Ventures Adriel BercowPartner at K50 Ventures Alex FianceCo-Founder & Co-CEO at Kairos HQ Ryan HowardExecutive Officer, Director at Practice Fusion

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Also worked at Kairos55

AnnakaFinance at Maven Ventures Andrew HongVenture Partner at Ff Venture Capital Jeremy FianceFounder & Managing Partner at House Vedika JainGeneral Partner at WEEKEND Ilse CalderonFintech / Consumer at OVO Fund Mario BrassescoInvestment Director at Encomenda VC

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Also worked at Homejoy7

Jason ScottAccelerator Operations at Blockchain Builders Ole RuchManaging Partner at Nordstar Aaron CheungCo-Founder at Homejoy Sid DoshiFounder/CTO at Viacycle Omar ThanawallaFounder at Soco Ankit JainFounder at Aviator

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Also worked at Goldman Sachs2,000

Marc AndreessenCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive Capital Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of Conviction Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of Nudge Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi

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