Shanelle Roman
InvestorFounderSenior Product Manager at Databricks Ventures · Founder at Indexical
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedIndexical · YC
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413 people in our graph share verified history with Shanelle — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Crystal HuangunlockedShanelle: together at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) (2018–2019)
×3Shanelle: together at Yale University
×2Shanelle: together at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Shanelle: together at Databricks Ventures
About
Shanelle Roman is cofounder and CEO of Indexical. She previously worked as a product manager at Google on advertising products and holds a Computer Science degree from Yale.
Founder at IndexicalYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Shanelle went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Indexical's investors · 1
Co-founders at Indexical
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Vishnu MenonFounder
Experience
- DatabricksSenior Product Managercurrent2025 — present
- IndexicalCo-Founder2022 — 2025San Francisco, CA
- GoogleProduct Manager2019 — 2022Mountain View, California, United States
- New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Venture Fellow2018 — 2019New York, United States
- CTRL-labsProduct Manager2018Greater New York City Area
- GoogleAssociate Product Manager2018Mountain View
- Two SigmaSoftware Engineer2017Greater New York City Area
- United States District Court of MinnesotaExtern2015Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- OutFront MinnesotaIntern2015Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel5Microsoft Word2Java3HTMLPowerPointCiviCRM2TennisOnline TutoringAcademic TutoringPeer TutoringResearch4
Languages English · Spanish
From Shanelle's professional profile.
Colleagues at Databricks Ventures
Alex Laterza
Advisor at Exceptional Ventures
Ali Ghodsi
Co-founder & CEO of Databricks
Andrew Krioukov
Founder and General Partner at Laude Ventures
Andy Kofoid
President, Databricks at Smith Point Capital
Andy Konwinski
Founder and General Partner at Laude Ventures
Ankit Mathur
Scout at Greylock Partners
Arsalan Tavakoli
Investor at Foundation Capital
Christina Farhat
Investor at E14 Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shanelle Roman?
- Shanelle Roman is cofounder and CEO of Indexical. She previously worked as a product manager at Google on advertising products and holds a Computer Science degree from Yale.
- Where does Shanelle Roman work?
- Shanelle Roman is Founder of Indexical and Senior Product Manager at Databricks Ventures.
- What companies did Shanelle Roman found?
- Shanelle Roman founded Indexical.
- Where did Shanelle Roman go to school?
- Shanelle Roman studied at Yale University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science); Edina High School.
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