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Shaun Johnson

Investor

Founding Partner at AIX Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500K – $2M checks · typically $1M

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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

  1. 224 VenturesInvestor, Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Moonlake AIInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  3. illocaInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI)Investorcurrent2025 — present
  5. WorkhelixInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  6. TollBitInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  7. PerplexityInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. ChromaInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  9. Vevo TherapeuticsInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. AtmoInvestorcurrent2022 — present
  11. AIX VenturesFounding Partner2021 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  12. LiltVP Product + Design + Engineering2021San Francisco Bay Area
  13. LiltHead of Product & Interim Head of Engineering2020 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
  14. LiltHead of Product2020San Francisco Bay Area
  15. NimbleRxVP Product Management2016 — 2019Menlo Park
  16. Foundation for Sustainable DevelopmentBoard Member2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  17. PayPalProduct2013 — 2016San Jose
  18. DisceraDirector of Product2008 — 2013
  19. Zero G Wireless, Zilker Labs & Cygnal Integrated ProductsHardware & Software Engineer for Mobile Product Startups2002 — 2008

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMSEE, Electrical Engineering2000 — 2002
  2. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entrepreneurship2011 — 2014
  3. The University of Texas at AustinBSEE, Electrical Engineering1998 — 2000

Skills & more

Hardware10Product Design18Product Management53Product Development44Product Marketing47Software6Project Management12Competitive Analysis18Mobile Devices22Entrepreneurship16Start-ups27Cross-functional Team Leadership11
+10 moreStrategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesManagementAnalysisStrategyLeadershipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Enterprise Software

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