About
Sean O'Malley is a Partner at Launchpad Capital with experience in securitizations, fintech, AI agents, and blockchain. He serves as a board member at a bank and has founded multiple companies.
Experience
- Launchpad CapitalPartnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Scale360.AIChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SmartBiz Bank. SBA loans made easy.Board Membercurrent2010 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SmartBiz. SBA loans made easy.President & co-Founder2010 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- VenrockVice President, Venture Capital Seed Investments2007 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
- Yahoo!Director Product Management & Product Strategy, International2003 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA, Business1997 — 1999
- Stanford UniversityBA, Quantitative Economics1990 — 1994
Skills & more
Product Development25Customer Acquisition3Payments2Financial Services4New MediaCommunity Management1EvangelismStartup Marketing1Internet AccessEntrepreneurship36Mobile Devices28Product Management89
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Venture CapitalStart-upsStrategic PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentMergersProduct MarketingCloud ComputingUser ExperienceStrategySaaSEnterprise SoftwareInternationalFrom Sean's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,147
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Stanford University1,575
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at SmartBiz. SBA loans made easy.3
Also worked at Venrock76
Yonatan SelaPartner at Square Peg CapitalMark BaileyFounder and Partner Emeritus at DFJPriya BanerjeeSenior Principal at B4 CapitalRyan GilbertFounder and Managing Partner at Launchpad CapitalArif FarooquiVice President, Finance at Cota CapitalDavid PakmanManaging Partner, Head of Venture Investing at CoinFund
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Also worked at Yahoo!227
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftIsabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer HippeauPaul LevineOperating Partner at Sapphire Ventures
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