Shaun Johnson
InvestorFounding Partner at AIX Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $500K – $2M checks · typically $1M
FoundedWorkhelix
About
Shaun Johnson, an ex‑VP of engineering, product and design with engineering degrees and a Berkeley MBA, uses a two‑axis AI‑depth/commercial‑savvy framework and balances heat-seeking/truffle-hunting bets to find non‑consensus long‑term winners.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Experience
- 224 VenturesInvestor, Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Moonlake AIInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- illocaInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI)Investorcurrent2025 — present
- WorkhelixInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- TollBitInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- PerplexityInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ChromaInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Vevo TherapeuticsInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AtmoInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- AIX VenturesFounding Partner2021 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- LiltVP Product + Design + Engineering2021San Francisco Bay Area
- LiltHead of Product & Interim Head of Engineering2020 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
- LiltHead of Product2020San Francisco Bay Area
- NimbleRxVP Product Management2016 — 2019Menlo Park
- Foundation for Sustainable DevelopmentBoard Member2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- PayPalProduct2013 — 2016San Jose
- DisceraDirector of Product2008 — 2013
- Zero G Wireless, Zilker Labs & Cygnal Integrated ProductsHardware & Software Engineer for Mobile Product Startups2002 — 2008
Education
- Stanford UniversityMSEE, Electrical Engineering2000 — 2002
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entrepreneurship2011 — 2014
- The University of Texas at AustinBSEE, Electrical Engineering1998 — 2000
Skills & more
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Strategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesManagementAnalysisStrategyLeadershipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Enterprise SoftwareFrom Shaun's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Stanford University mafia721
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia92
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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The University of Texas at Austin mafia91
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
+ 84 more
Nimble Rx mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
AIX Ventures mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business586
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Also attended The University of Texas at Austin348
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Shared employers
Also worked at Moonlake AI3
Also worked at illoca1
Also worked at Atmo3
Also worked at PayPal141
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Colleagues at AIX Ventures
Network1
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