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Shan Sinha

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Co-founder & CEO at Canopy

Palo Alto, California, United States

FoundedCanopy

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About

Shan Sinha is the co-founder and CEO of Canopy, a company that provides staff safety solutions for hospitals. He previously founded Highfive, a video conferencing company, and another startup that was acquired by Google, where he led product management for Google Apps Enterprise; earlier roles included product management at Microsoft. He holds undergraduate and master's degrees in Computer Science and has worked as an investor and advisor to companies including FoundationDB, Fivetran, Groove, and Emerald Cloud Labs.

Co-founder & CEO at Canopy

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Canopy's investors · 5

25MadisonNew YorkACME CapitalSan FranciscoFounder CollectiveCambridgeNextView VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $4M checksSpero VenturesBurlingame · $2M – $4M checks

Co-founders at Canopy

VPVinay Pulim
Vinay PulimCo-founder & Chief Technology Officer
HMHemanth Meenakshisundaram
Hemanth MeenakshisundaramCo-founder & Chief Scientist

Experience

  1. CanopyCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — present(Formerly SMP Labs, Inc) Palo Alto, California, United States
  2. Two Hats CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2011 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Bearing AIBoard Observercurrent2023 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  4. AI FundVenture Advisorcurrent2023 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  5. FivetranBoard Member2019 — 2026Oakland, CA
  6. HighfiveFounder, Exec Chairman, Board Member2018 — 2020Redwood City, CA
  7. HighfiveFounder, CEO2012 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
  8. GoogleGroup Product Manager, Enterprise2010 — 2012
  9. DocVerseFounder, CEO2007 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
  10. MicrosoftSQL Server & SharePoint Product Strategy2004 — 2007
  11. IsoviaFounder, Director of Product1999 — 2002
  12. BeansproutSenior Software Engineer1998 — 2000

Skills & more

Enterprise Software3SaaS4Software as a Service (SaaS)1Product Management45Entrepreneurship32Software Product Management6Product Planning8Go-to-market Strategy14Mobile Applications13Venture Capital8Strategic Partnerships3Strategy24
+8 moreAnalyticsCrowdsCloud ComputingDistributed SystemsInternetMobile DevicesSoftware DevelopmentStart-ups

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Who is Shan Sinha?
Shan Sinha is the co-founder and CEO of Canopy, a company that provides staff safety solutions for hospitals. He previously founded Highfive, a video conferencing company, and another startup that was acquired by Google, where he led product management for Google Apps Enterprise; earlier roles included product management at Microsoft. He holds undergraduate and master's degrees in Computer Science and has worked as an investor and advisor to companies including FoundationDB, Fivetran, Groove, and Emerald Cloud Labs.
Where does Shan Sinha work?
Shan Sinha is Co-founder & CEO of Canopy.
What companies did Shan Sinha found?
Shan Sinha founded Canopy.
Where did Shan Sinha go to school?
Shan Sinha studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering, Computer Science).

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