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Sean O'Sullivan

Investor

General Partner at SOSV

New York City Metropolitan Area

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Sean: together at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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×5Sean: together at University of Southern California

About

Sean O'Sullivan is the founder and Managing General Partner of SOSV, a venture capital firm with more than $1.5 billion in assets under management that operates the deep-tech startup development programs HAX and IndieBio. He holds more than 30 granted patents as primary inventor and is credited with co-inventing the term "cloud computing" with George Favaloro of Compaq. O'Sullivan previously appeared as an investor on the Irish version of "Dragon's Den," founded the humanitarian organization JumpStart International, and serves on the board of Khan Academy.

Experience

  1. SOSVManaging General Partnercurrent1994 — presentUnited States, Europe, Asia, LATAM
  2. Open IrelandFounder2012 — 2014Ireland
  3. CarmaManaging Director2007 — 2014
  4. MapflowChairman2007 — 2009
  5. Two Pop Productionscinematographer, cameraman, freelance photojournalist1998 — 2006
  6. JumpStart Internationalco-founder2003 — 2005
  7. NetCentricanimal tamer, co-founder & ceo1994 — 1997
  8. Janet Speaks Frenchsinger songwriter1992 — 1994
  9. MapInfo Corporationco-founder, programmer, sales, marketing, president, etc1985 — 1992troy, new york

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship99Product Management30Product Development14Software Development8Project Management21Business Analysis9Business Development41Venture Capital48Mobile Applications19Angel Investing14HTML6Research7
+12 moreTechnology LeadershipLeadershipManagementStrategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategyStart-upsEnterprise SoftwareSoftware Project ManagementCloud ComputingNew Business DevelopmentMobile DevicesBusiness Planning

Languages English · Spanish

From Sean's professional profile.

Colleagues at SOSV

Alan Clayton
Investor at SOSV
Alex Kopelyan
Partner at SOSV
Alexander Hall-Daniels
Principal at SOSV
Andrew Gollach
Partner at SOSV
Avra van der Zee
General Partner, SOSV at HAX
Benjamin Joffe
Partner at SOSV
Bill Liao
General Partner at SOSV
Bradford Higgins
Venture Partner at SOSV

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sean O'Sullivan?
Sean O'Sullivan is the founder and Managing General Partner of SOSV, a venture capital firm with more than $1.5 billion in assets under management that operates the deep-tech startup development programs HAX and IndieBio. He holds more than 30 granted patents as primary inventor and is credited with co-inventing the term "cloud computing" with George Favaloro of Compaq. O'Sullivan previously appeared as an investor on the Irish version of "Dragon's Den," founded the humanitarian organization JumpStart International, and serves on the board of Khan Academy.
Where does Sean O'Sullivan work?
Sean O'Sullivan is General Partner at SOSV.
Where did Sean O'Sullivan go to school?
Sean O'Sullivan studied at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (BS, Electrical Engineering); University of Southern California (MFA, Film Production); University of Cambridge (Accelerated Growth Program, Executive MBA Program).

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