Shawn Ellis
InvestorManaging Partner at Distributed Ventures
Chicago, Illinois
Writes $3M checks Β· typically $1.5M
About
Shawn Ellis, founder with corporate, independent VC and operator experience, leverages a curated LP network in insurance, benefits and finance as a built-in go-to-market council for pilots and channel partnerships.
Invests in
FintechHealthtechHR TechInsurTechSaaS
Experience
- Distributed VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2021 β present
- Distributed VenturesManaging Director, NFP Venturescurrent2018 β present
- RxSaveCardBoard Membercurrent2024 β present
- TunedBoard Membercurrent2023 β present
- Posterity HealthBoard Membercurrent2022 β present
- WingspanBoard Membercurrent2020 β present
- KindbodyInvestorcurrent2020 β present
- DataCubesInvestorcurrent2019 β present
- SageBoard Observer2022 β 2025
- Vivante HealthBoard Member2018 β 2023
- AxioBoard Member2018 β 2022
- 401kplans.com LLCBoard Observer2018 β 2022
- WellthBoard Member2018 β 2020
- Indio Technologies Inc.Investor2018 β 2019
- Zest HealthAdvisor2018
- Zest HealthPresident2013 β 2018Chicago
- 7wire VenturesVice President2013 β 2014
- The Boston Consulting GroupConsultant2011 β 2013
- The Boston Consulting GroupSummer Consultant2010
- McDonald's CorporationFinance Strategy & M&A2007 β 2009
Education
- Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementAnalytical Consulting, Finance and Marketing2009 β 2011
- University of ChicagoEconomics2001 β 2005
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship27Consumer Healthcare15Business Development11Team Building7Valuation25Analytics20Corporate Finance19Financial Modeling18Business Strategy19Cross-functional Team Leadership13Finance10Competitive Analysis9
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Mergers & AcquisitionsManagement ConsultingGrowth StrategiesChange ManagementInvestmentsPortfolio ManagementM&A experienceOrganizational DesignLeadershipStrategyAnalysisManagementFrom Shawn's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Chicago273
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesSam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Clay FisherInvestor at Spark CapitalJonas CiplickasPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersJulia Gonzalez SandersPartner and General Counsel at Crosslink Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Kindbody3
Also worked at DataCubes1
Colleagues at Distributed Ventures
Adam Blumencranz
Partner at Distributed Ventures
Alexander Carvalho
Associate at Distributed Ventures
Antonio Calderon
Principal at Distributed Ventures
Bob DiMeo
Advisor β Chairman & Co-founder of Fiducient Advisors at Distributed Ventures
Carolina Rojas
Senior Associate at Distributed Ventures
Doug Hammond
Advisor β CEO at NFP, an Aon company at Distributed Ventures
Hylton Irons
Associate at Distributed Ventures
Janet Xu
Senior Principal at Distributed Ventures
Network1
Investors connected to Shawn in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.






















