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Sean Scanlon

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Overview

Sean Scanlon is an investor at FOG Ventures [4] and managing partner of Karlon Group [3]. Scanlon founded Karlon Group to provide growing companies access to enterprise-level finance and accounting professionals without the cost of building such functions in-house, embedding with founders, CEOs, and investors of SaaS, AI, and eCommerce companies to build and scale finance, accounting, and data analytics functions including debt and equity fundraising, financial modeling, cash flow forecasts, lender reporting, unit economics analysis, accounting operations, and audit and diligence [2]. Prior to founding Karlon Group, Scanlon served as VP of Finance & Operations at Birdies from May 2019 to August 2024 [5] and as Controller at thredUP.com from December 2016 to May 2019 [6], having prepared both companies for acquisition and IPO respectively [2]. Scanlon holds a Master of Science in Accounting and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, both from the University of Massachusetts Amherst [11][12].

Profile introduction
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After preparing thredUP for its IPO and Birdies for its acquisition, I founded Karlon Group to give growing companies access to the skills of enterprise-level finance and accounting professionals without the cost of building one in-house. We embed with founders, CEOs, and investors of SaaS, AI, and eCommerce companies to build and scale their finance, accounting, and data analytics functions, including: -Debt and equity fundraising -Financial modeling -Cash flow forecasts -Lender reporting and covenant compliance -Unit economics analysis -Accounting operations -Audit and diligence…

Career history

  1. Managing PartnerMay 2024 to presentKarlon Group
  2. InvestorMar 2021 to presentFOG Ventures
  3. VP of Finance & OperationsMay 2019 to Aug 2024Birdies
  4. ControllerDec 2016 to May 2019thredUP.com
  5. Consulting ControllerJul 2015 to Dec 2016The Brenner Group
  6. ControllerJul 2009 to Jul 2015ClimateWorks Foundation
  7. Senior AccountantDec 2008 to Jul 2009SpringSource
  8. Senior AccountantMay 2008 to Dec 2008Synarc

Education

  1. Master of Science (MS), Accounting2005 - 2006University of Massachusetts Amherst
  2. Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting2001 - 2005University of Massachusetts Amherst

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