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Shawn Carolan

Partner at Menlo Ventures

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Overview

Shawn Carolan is a Partner at Menlo Ventures [1] with a mission to help entrepreneurs solve important problems at scale [2]. Carolan has held the position since September 2002 [3] and previously served as Investment Lead at Uber from February 2013 to February 2020 [10]. Carolan founded Handle, an email and workflow productivity company, and served as its CEO before the company ceased operations. Carolan holds board positions at Chime [4], ShipBob [5], OpenSpace [6], Monarch Money [7], and IMVU [9], and serves as Director of the DAPER Fund at Stanford University [8]. Carolan's educational background includes a BS in Electrical Engineering with a Computer Science minor and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [12][13], followed by an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business [11].

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Mission: help entrepreneurs solve important problems at scale. Lead @ Roku, Uber, IMVU, Siri, TeleNav, YuMe, PlaySpan Founder and former CEO of now defunct Handle (email + workflow productivity)

Career history

  1. PartnerSep 2002 to presentMenlo Ventures
  2. Board MemberMay 2018 to presentChime
  3. Board MemberAug 2018 to presentShipBob, Inc.
  4. Board MemberMar 2021 to presentOpenSpace
  5. Board MemberNov 2021 to presentMonarch Money
  6. DAPER Fund DirectorNov 2016 to presentStanford University
  7. Board of Directors2005 to presentIMVU, Inc.
  8. Investment LeadFeb 2013 to Feb 2020Uber

Education

  1. MBA2000 - 2002Stanford University Graduate School of Business
  2. MS, Electrical Engineering1996 - 1997University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  3. BS, Electrical Engineering + CS Minor1993 - 1996University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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