Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$500,000.00
Skills
Education
Lists including Shawn
Investments
EIO Diagnostics
Total Funding: $1.8M
Lula Convenience
Total Funding: $1M
Contextere
Total Funding: $110K
FreshSpoke
Total Funding: $550K
Foodcloud
Total Funding: $50K
Bite
Total Funding: $180K
Simply Good Jars
Total Funding: $4.2M
Halla
Total Funding: $6M
Ingest
Total Funding: $1.2M
Living Food
Total Funding: $9M
Work Experience
2023
General Partner
2023
dlab is a discovery-stage venture capital fund with in-the-weeds help for founders exploring new frontiers in web3 and blockchain technology.
2014
Venture Partner
2023
Managing out a portfolio of nearly 50 food-tech and smart-cities companies.
General Partner
2014 - 2022
Deep Tech for Human and Planetary Health SOSV is a global venture capital firm that offers multi-stage investment, starting with pre-seed startup development programs designed for founders with breakthrough technologies. * MD of Food-X, a business-of-food accelerator. * MD of Urban-X, a smart cities investment program created with BMW. * MD of dlab, subsequently spun out of SOSV, cf.
2009
Managing Director
2009
Founder of TechStars in Boston, the first expansion of TechStars from its birthplace in Boulder CO. Managing Director of TechStars Boston 2009 and TechStars Boston 2010 funds.
1999 - 2020
Advisor / Investor
1999 - 2020
In addition to the various portfolio listings on the above dlab, SOSV, and TechStars Boston sites, I also am or have been a formal or informal Advisor to and/or Investor in the following companies (listed in alphabetical order; for purposes of full-disclosure). App Blade Applified Apptopia | http://apptopia.com BlueSkyRed | http://blueskyred.com BOLT | http://bolt.io Corestreet | http://corestreet.com Dispatch | http://dispatch.me FriendFlirt | http://friendflirt.com GameBuilder Studio | http://gamebuilderstudio.com gameroom.io Govedo Hitchery | http://hitchery.com iBragU iFactory | http://ifactory.com Jaxx Kefta | acquired ACXM Kronosaur | http://kronosaur.com Lightly Structured Data | http://lightlystructureddata.com Mosec RapCities | http://www.rapcities.com Red5 Studios | http://red5studios.com RedTicket Games | http://redticketgames.com ReferralBonus | http://referralbon.us SchoolCNXT | http://schoolcnxt.com Sigmund | http://sigmundapp.com Spill | http://spillnow.com Speranza Systems Sproutel | http://jerrythebear.com RideOnTime TradeVine Troba Xigig xLr8d Brands
1994 - 2018
Principal
1994 - 2018
Formerly NWO Technology Consulting Services, the TechVibe team has been providing technology consulting services to corporations, start-ups, investors, non-profits, and municipalities around the world.
2011 - 2013
VP Customer Development & Advisor
2011 - 2013
I originally stumbled upon Murfie as a rabid customer. I quickly sought out the founders and became an advisor to the company. I joined full time as a member of the four-person management team in August 2012 after the sale of play140. In 2013, I pulled back to my original roles of rabid customer and advisor, and then simply to rabid customer :-) .
2012 - 2012
COO, Advisor
2012 - 2012
Oomba acquired play140 in early 2012. I became COO and later transitioned to an outside advisory role. Oomba is spearheading a unique virtual property marketplace for gamers, as well as a powerful competition platform - among other social innovations around games.
2010 - 2012
Adjunct Professor
2010 - 2012
BU School of Communications professor in the Masters of Media Ventures program, teaching non-engineers the ins and outs of design, customer development, prototyping, and pitching new media software ventures.
2010 - 2012
Co-Founder & CEO
2010 - 2012
play140 created social games with words. Text is powerful, and the billions of people on planet Earth with Instant Messaging, SMS/Text, and Twitter-capable connected devices are being deprived of all sorts of wonderful entertainment opportunities. play140 was acquired by Oomba in 2012.
2006 - 2012
Co-Founder & CEO
2006 - 2012
TrustPlus created the world's first cross-site, context-relevant, and social-network-aware platform to understand reputation and trust across the Internet. "How can I trust a stranger?"