Where does Shawn Ellis work?

Shawn Ellis is Managing Partner at Distributed Ventures and Board director at RxSaveCard and Board director at Posterity Health and Board director at Tuned Care.

What does Shawn Ellis invest in?

Shawn Ellis invests in Fintech, Healthtech, HR Tech, InsurTech, SaaS.

What check size does Shawn Ellis write?

Shawn Ellis typically writes checks of $3M.

Where did Shawn Ellis go to school?

Shawn Ellis studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Analytical Consulting, Finance and Marketing); University of Chicago (Economics).

Shawn Ellis

Investor

Managing Partner at Distributed Ventures · Board director at RxSaveCard · Board director at Posterity Health · Board director at Tuned Care

Chicago, Illinois

Writes $3M checks · 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.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

s•••@distributedvc.comreveal

Invests in

FintechHealthtechHR TechInsurTechSaaS

Board director at RxSaveCard

Intro paths

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RxSaveCard's investors · 1

Distributed VenturesChicago · $1M – $5M checks

Co-founders at RxSaveCard

Chris CrawfordCEO & Founder

Board director at Posterity Health

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In turn, Shawn can intro founders to Posterity Health's investors below.

Posterity Health's investors · 4

Distributed VenturesChicago · $1M – $5M checks FCA Venture PartnersNashville · $500K – $10M checks NFPNew York · $1M – $5M checks SteelSky VenturesAtlanta · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025

Board director at Tuned Care

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In turn, Shawn can intro founders to Tuned Care's investors below.

Tuned Care's investors · 1

Distributed VenturesChicago · $1M – $5M checks

Experience

Distributed VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2021 — present
Distributed VenturesManaging Director, NFP Venturescurrent2018 — present
RxSaveCardBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
TunedBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
Posterity HealthBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
WingspanBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
KindbodyInvestorcurrent2020 — present
DataCubesInvestorcurrent2019 — present
SageBoard Observer2022 — 2025
Vivante HealthBoard Member2018 — 2023
AxioBoard Member2018 — 2022
401kplans.com LLCBoard Observer2018 — 2022
WellthBoard Member2018 — 2020
Indio Technologies Inc.Investor2018 — 2019
Zest HealthAdvisor2018
Zest HealthPresident2013 — 2018Chicago
7wire VenturesVice President2013 — 2014
The Boston Consulting GroupConsultant2011 — 2013
The Boston Consulting GroupSummer Consultant2010
McDonald's CorporationFinance Strategy & M&A2007 — 2009
Lazard Middle MarketAnalyst2005 — 2007

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship27Consumer Healthcare15Business Development11Team Building7Valuation25Analytics20Corporate Finance19Financial Modeling18Business Strategy19Cross-functional Team Leadership13Finance10Competitive Analysis9

+12 more

Mergers & AcquisitionsManagement ConsultingGrowth StrategiesChange ManagementInvestmentsPortfolio ManagementM&A experienceOrganizational DesignLeadershipStrategyAnalysisManagement

From Shawn's professional profile.

Colleagues at Distributed Ventures

Alex

Investor at Thomson Reuters Ventures

Antonio Calderon

Principal at Distributed Ventures

Bob DiMeo

Advisor — Chairman & Co-founder of Fiducient Advisors at Distributed Ventures

Doug Hammond

Advisor — CEO at NFP, an Aon company at Distributed Ventures

Hylton Irons

Associate at Distributed Ventures

Janet Xu

Senior Principal at Distributed Ventures

Joe Flanagan

Growth Partner at Distributed Ventures

Lisa Garvy

Advisor — Prev. Senior Vice President at Teladoc at Distributed Ventures

Network1

David Mort

General Partner at Propel Venture Partners

Investors connected to Shawn in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Shawn Ellis?: 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.
Where does Shawn Ellis work?: Shawn Ellis is Managing Partner at Distributed Ventures and Board director at RxSaveCard and Board director at Posterity Health and Board director at Tuned Care.
What does Shawn Ellis invest in?: Shawn Ellis invests in Fintech, Healthtech, HR Tech, InsurTech, SaaS.
What check size does Shawn Ellis write?: Shawn Ellis typically writes checks of $3M.
Where did Shawn Ellis go to school?: Shawn Ellis studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Analytical Consulting, Finance and Marketing); University of Chicago (Economics).