Shawn Kung
InvestorVenture Partner at Tola Capital · Investor at Inception Studio Capital · Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University
San Francisco Bay Area
About
AI infrastructure and data systems founder-operator, formerly on Google Cloud's ML platform.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- Tola CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- LucidCloud AngelsFoundercurrent2009 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GIT100Foundercurrent2024 — present
- DatabricksInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CohesityAdvisorcurrent2013 — present
- OmniAngel & Advisorcurrent2022 — present
- DoppelInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- PineconeAdvisorcurrent2019 — present
- depthfirstAngel & Advisorcurrent2024 — present
- Neon @neondatabaseAngel & Advisorcurrent2022 — present
- MotherDuckAngel & Advisorcurrent2022 — present
- Observo.aiInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- PerfectScaleInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- RAPIDFORTInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- ParadeDBAngel & Advisorcurrent2023 — present
- FacebookInvestorcurrent2011 — present
- ZuoraInvestorcurrent2016 — present
- VectaraAngel & Advisorcurrent2022 — present
- AutohealAngel & Advisorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GreybeamAngel & Advisorcurrent2025 — present
- Open RavenAngel & Advisorcurrent2020 — present
- BouncerAngel & Advisorcurrent2019 — present
- Armory.ioAngel & Advisorcurrent2017 — present
- LeadIQAngel & Advisorcurrent2016 — present
- BitfusionAngel & Advisorcurrent2016 — present
- Stanford UniversityAdjunct Lecturercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GIT1KFoundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Founders ClubFoundercurrent2019 — present
- TiE Silicon ValleyMentorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Suraksha CatalystMentorcurrent2025 — present
- Inception StudioMentorcurrent2022 — presentSilicon Valley, California, United States
- Firsthand AllianceLimited Partnercurrent2022 — present
- Moesif (A WSO2 Company)Angel & Advisor2016 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- AV8 VenturesVenture Partner2019 — 2024Palo Alto, California
- TenableHead of Products, Data Platform and Cloud Services2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- University of California, Santa CruzIndustry Chair, Center for Research in Open Source Software2015 — 2017Santa Cruz, California
- Micron TechnologyVice President, Business Accelerator2014 — 2017Milpitas, CA
- The Angels' ForumEIR2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Marvell SemiconductorGeneral Manager / Produxt Head2010 — 2014
- TeradataFounding Management Team2008 — 2010
Skills & more
SaaS58Software as a Service (SaaS)30Enterprise Software65Databases9NetApp7Early Stage VenturesBusiness OwnershipStart-up LeadershipStart-ups ManagementEarly-Stage StartupsEntrepreneurshipArtificial Intelligence (AI)
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Early Stage InvestmentStart-up VenturesVenture CapitalTeam MentoringCloud ComputingProduct ManagementDistributed SystemsAgile MethodologiesSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Product MarketingBig DataAnalyticsLanguages Chinese · English · Spanish
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From Shawn's professional profile.
Deals · 2
MiddlewareSolo GP
via LucidCloud
MotherduckSolo GP
via LucidCloud
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters. Some rows are inferred. Not right? Tell us.
Colleagues at Tola Capital
Aaron Fleishman
Partner at Tola Capital
Akshay Bhushan
Partner at Tola Capital
Amy Chen
Director of Community at Tola Capital
Bill Bither
CEO at Tola Capital
Daniel Jowers
Controller at Tola Capital
Jake Nibley
Vice President at Tola Capital
Judy Loehr
Operating Partner at Spider Capital
Kabir Barday
CEO at Tola Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shawn Kung?
- AI infrastructure and data systems founder-operator, formerly on Google Cloud's ML platform.
- Where does Shawn Kung work?
- Shawn Kung is Venture Partner at Tola Capital.
- What does Shawn Kung invest in?
- Shawn Kung invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where did Shawn Kung go to school?
- Shawn Kung studied at Princeton University (Bachelor’s Degree); Stanford University (Master’s Degree, Management Science and Engineering); Harvard Business School (Certificate, Core Program).
Same school
Also attended Princeton University774
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordKJ SidberryInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)AndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate
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Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign539
Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCLuke NosekCo-founder of PayPal; co-founder of GigafundSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear Ventures
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