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Mike Shanahan

Investor

CFO at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

About

Mike Shanahan is Chief Financial Officer at Venture Guides, with over 40 years of experience as an investor working with 80 early-stage technology companies and serving on more than 20 private company boards, in addition to various interim management roles. He previously spent three years as a senior operating executive at SevOne and manages a local media group that produces 10 community-focused publications on the North Shore of Boston. His areas of focus include finance, strategy, corporate development, planning, governance, capitalization, and compensation.

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Experience

  1. Venture GuidesChief Financial Officercurrent2023 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  2. Healthrageous LLCStrategic Advisorcurrent2021 — presentVirginia
  3. Essex Media GroupChairman & CEOcurrent2014 — presentLynn, MA
  4. Egan Managed CapitalManaging Partner & Foundercurrent1997 — presentBoston
  5. SevOneFormer CFO & SVP of Operations2014 — 2018Boston & Wilmington Delaware
  6. Vivify - formerly Nexaweb TechnologiesBoard Member2002 — 2017
  7. AppNetaBoard Member2008 — 2017
  8. HighRoadsBoard Member2012 — 2016
  9. Acacia Communications Inc.Board Observer2012 — 2016Maynard, MA
  10. Whaleback Managed ServicesBoard Member2006 — 2014
  11. Healthrageous, Inc.Board Member2012 — 2013
  12. VXI CorporationBoard Member2009 — 2012
  13. OnePINBoard Member2006 — 2011
  14. GenalyticsBoard Member2000 — 2009
  15. SoftraxBoard Member1998 — 2008
  16. IntelliVid CorporationBoard Member2003 — 2008Cambridge
  17. Network IntelligenceBoard Member2002 — 2006Westwood, MA
  18. Network EnginesBoard Member1998 — 2001Canton, MA
  19. Terascape SoftwareBoard Member1997 — 1999

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA1980 — 1982
  2. College of the Holy CrossAB, Economics1974 — 1978

Skills & more

Mergers & Acquisitions10Start-ups29Product Management2Investments7Venture Capital36Strategic Partnerships16Entrepreneurship4Cloud Computing3Business Development6Corporate Development2Finance2Yodeling1
+6 moreManagementStrategyLeadershipSaaSEnterprise SoftwareSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

From Mike's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,818

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,812 more

Also attended College of the Holy Cross29

Nick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Liz FoxProduct Marketing and Communications at In-Q-TelKevin EganInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)John DelfinoPartner, General Counsel at TCVJim KeyesSenior Advisor at C5 CapitalDr. Cheryl MartinVenture Partner at Colle Capital Partners

+ 23 more

Shared employers

Also worked at SevOne3

Nate LentzManaging Partner at Osage Venture PartnersBen HolzmanInvestor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.Tanya BakalovPartner at VT Technology Venture Partners

Also worked at AppNeta1

Ben HolzmanInvestor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Also worked at Whaleback Managed Services1

Roger WaltonInvestor at Castile Ventures

Also worked at Softrax1

Ellen SalisburyManaging Director of Start Smart Labs; Former VP BizOps at Altiscale & VP Eng at Yahoo at SignalFire

Colleagues at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Andrew Burton
CEO, commercetools at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Andrew Smith
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Anton Simunovic
Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Ava Simunovic
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Bear Albright
Managing Director, Bain Capital at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Bear Brofft
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Ben Holzman
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Benjamin Nye
Managing Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.