Tod Francis
InvestorFounding Partner at Shasta Ventures · Founder and GP, Shasta Ventures at Saints Capital · Board director at Liquidspace · Board director at Stance
Menlo Park, California, United States
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239 people in our graph share verified history with Tod — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Javier SolterounlockedTod: together at Canva (2022–2024)
×2Tod: together at Canva
Tod: together at ClassDojo
×4Tod: together at Trinity Ventures
About
Venture Advisory Network member; Founder and General Partner at Shasta Ventures.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- t•••@shasta.vcreveal70% confident
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Board director at Liquidspace
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Liquidspace's investors · 3
Co-founders at Liquidspace
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Mark GilbreathExecutive Officer, Director
DM
Doug MarinaroExecutive Officer, Director
Board director at Stance
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Stance's investors · 7
ACME CapitalSan Francisco · since 2016August CapitalSan Francisco Bay Area · $1M – $15M checks · since 2015Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2016Lobby CapitalPalo Alto · since 2016Mercato PartnersCottonwood Heights · since 2016Parade VenturesSan Francisco · $1M checks · since 2016Shasta VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $6M checks · since 2016
Co-founders at Stance
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Jeff KearlExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Shasta VenturesFounder, Managing Directorcurrent2003 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CanvaSeed Investorcurrent2014 — present
- Protect Our WintersBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- MaurtenInvestor and Board Membercurrent2017 — present
- ZwiftInvestorcurrent2016 — present
- ClassDojoBoard Membercurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SOS OutreachBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
- TonalInvestorcurrent2017 — present
- Stance SocksBoard Member2014 — 2023
- LiquidSpaceBoard Member2011 — 2023San Francisco
- Task RabbitBoard Member2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- TurnBoard Observer2006 — 2017
- Glint Inc.Board Member2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- MintBoard Member2007 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
- Trinity VenturesGeneral Partner1993 — 2003
- RAM Group Marketing ServicesPartner1987 — 1993
- Johnson & JohnsonMarketing Manager1983 — 1987
Skills & more
Strategy2Venture Capital6Strategic Partnerships7Start-ups5Business Strategy5Entrepreneurship5Corporate Development1Mergers & Acquisitions1Product Management1Business Development1Private Equity
From Tod's professional profile.
Colleagues at Shasta Ventures
Balaji Yelamanchili
Investor at Shasta Ventures
Doug Pepper
General Partner at Shasta Ventures
Drew Harman
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Issac Roth
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Jacob Mullins
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Jason Pressman
Managing Director at Copper Sky Capital
Juan Carlos Soto
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Nikhil Basu Trivedi
General Partner at Shasta Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tod Francis?
- Venture Advisory Network member; Founder and General Partner at Shasta Ventures.
- Where does Tod Francis work?
- Tod Francis is Founding Partner at Shasta Ventures and Board director at Liquidspace and Board director at Stance.
- What does Tod Francis invest in?
- Tod Francis invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where did Tod Francis go to school?
- Tod Francis studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (MBA, Marketing); Northwestern University (BA, economics).
Same school
Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management1,135
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaKunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan CapitalCristina JunqueiraCo-founder of NubankAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalDavid Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 Ventures
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Also attended Northwestern University713
Mikowai AshwillInvestor at Spark CapitalNaomi Pilosof IonitaBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesEric OngInvestor at LightbankBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupAnna WangAssociate at March Capital Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Maurten1
Also worked at ClassDojo18
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystStephanie PalmeriPartner at NextView VenturesNikhil Basu TrivediPartner at FootworkChris OlivaresCo-Founder & CTO at Hum CapitalDaniel ScrivnerAdvisor at Designer FundGustav LindqvistData Science Specialist at Creandum
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