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Shawn T. Carolan

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General Partner at Menlo AI Leaders · General Partner at Menlo AI Neo Labs · Board director at Whisper Aero · Board director at Social Bicycles · Board director at Dataxu

Palo Alto, California, United States

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About

Shawn T. Carolan is a Partner at Menlo Ventures, where his investments have included Roku, Uber, IMVU, Siri, TeleNav, YuMe, and PlaySpan. He previously founded and served as CEO of Handle, an email and workflow productivity company that has since closed.

Board director at Whisper Aero

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Whisper Aero's investors · 10

53 StationsChicagoAbstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checks · since 2023Aero X VenturesWinston Salem · $500K – $3M checks · since 2023Kindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksLaunch TennesseeNashville · since 2023Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2023Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2023Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2023Service Provider CapitalVail · since 2023U.S. Air Forcesince 2020

Co-founders at Whisper Aero

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Mark MooreCo-Founder, CEO
IVIan Villa
Ian VillaCo-Founder, COO, CPO

Board director at Social Bicycles

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Social Bicycles's investors · 6

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checksMenlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2018New York AngelsNew York · $100K – $1.5M checks · since 2013OurCrowdJerusalem · $604K – $65M checksSINEWAVE VENTURESSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2018SOSVNew York · $30K – $550K checks

Co-founders at Social Bicycles

RRRyan Rzepecki
Ryan RzepeckiExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Dataxu

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Dataxu's investors · 8

Agman PartnersOmahaBlue Ivy VenturesBoston · since 2014Castor Venturessince 2014Globespan Capital PartnersPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checks · since 2015Luminari CapitalPalo Alto · since 2014Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2014Shield CapitalSan Francisco · since 2015Waverley CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Dataxu

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Michael BakerExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Menlo VenturesPartnercurrent2002 — present
  2. ChimeBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  3. ShipBob, Inc.Board Membercurrent2018 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  4. OpenSpaceBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  5. Monarch MoneyBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentDenver, Colorado, United States
  6. Stanford UniversityDAPER Fund Directorcurrent2016 — presentStanford, California, United States
  7. IMVU, Inc.Board of Directorscurrent2005 — present
  8. UberInvestment Lead2013 — 2020
  9. RokuBoard of Directors through IPO2008 — 2018
  10. JUMP BikesBoard of Directors through UBER acquisition2017 — 2018Greater New York City Area
  11. Handle, Inc.Founding CEO2011 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  12. TeleNavBoard of Directors2006 — 2015
  13. YuMe NetworksBoard of Directors2010 — 2014
  14. PlayPhoneBoard of Directors2006 — 2014
  15. Rocketship EducationBoard of Directors2010 — 2013
  16. SiriBoard of Directors2008 — 2010
  17. PlayspanBoard of Directors2007 — 2010
  18. CinemaNow, Inc.Board of Directors2004 — 2008
  19. Booz Allen HamiltonManagement Consulting Summer Associate2001
  20. Open Port TechnologyManager, Software Architecture1997 — 2000

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Start-upsDigital Media55Mobile Devices96Venture CapitalEntrepreneurship65Product Management42Mobile Applications31Monetization8Product Development8Competitive Analysis7Strategy37New Business Development7
+8 moreStrategic PlanningWirelessMobile TechnologyManagementBusiness PlanningDigital MarketingSEOLocation Based Services

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Colleagues at Menlo AI Leaders

Matthew Murphy
General Partner at Menlo AI Leaders
Venky Ganesan
Partner at Menlo Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Shawn T. Carolan?
Shawn T. Carolan is a Partner at Menlo Ventures, where his investments have included Roku, Uber, IMVU, Siri, TeleNav, YuMe, and PlaySpan. He previously founded and served as CEO of Handle, an email and workflow productivity company that has since closed.
Where does Shawn T. Carolan work?
Shawn T. Carolan is General Partner at Menlo AI Leaders and Board director at Whisper Aero and Board director at Social Bicycles and Board director at Dataxu.
Where did Shawn T. Carolan go to school?
Shawn T. Carolan studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS, Electrical Engineering); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, Electrical Engineering + CS Minor).

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