Investor profile
Shawn Merani
Angel & Advisor at Runa Capital, Lecturer at Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship, Founder at Parade Ventures
An angel investor based in Los Gatos, California, United States, Shawn Merani has 8 known investments: Dollar Shave Club, JumpCloud, Sapho, Stayful, Knapsack, Cruise Automation, Rent the Runway and Madison Reed.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Shawn Merani portfolio companies (8)
- Dollar Shave Club
- JumpCloud
- Sapho
- Stayful
- Knapsack
- Cruise Automation
- Rent the Runway
- Madison Reed
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Advisor at Runa Capital, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Sydecar
- Keep
- Twenty
- Lace Lithography
- Axiom Trust
- Enlightra
- Ubitium
- Akhetonics
- SeeChange
Lecturer at Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship, whose known portfolio counts 3 companies
- Pathrise
- SmileyGo
- LikeWallet
Founder at Parade Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 11 companies
- Arkive
- Parade
- Knapsack
- Northstar
- Shakudo
- Simuhealth
- Z1
- FlowFi
- RecruitBot
- Phase Zero
- The Companion
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors Commerce, Consumer and SaaS, and focus areas AdTech, D2C, Developer Tools and Enterprise SaaS. Startups operating in these areas may find Shawn Merani relevant.
Stage-wise, the known deals cluster around Pre-Seed and Seed rounds.
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Colleagues
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Adms Chung
Corporate Mentor
Mountain View, United States
Konstantin Vinogradov
Advisor
London, United Kingdom
Deepak Gupta
Senior Associate Director
Saratoga, United States
Rishi Taparia
Adjunct Lecturer and Member of the Faculty
Orinda, United States
Jim Hornthal
Lester Center Fellow
San Francisco, United States
Matt Caspari
Mentor
Palo Alto, United States
Elena Gomez
Board Member, Haas School of Business
San Francisco, United States
Dmitry Chikhachev
Managing Partner
Luxembourg
Andre Bliznyuk
General Partner
San Francisco, United States
Dmitry Galperin
Partner
Berlin, Germany
Emmanuel Cassimatis
Investor
France
Guy Kawasaki
Executive Fellow
Watsonville, United States
David Charron
Affiliated
Berkeley, United States
Lisa Suennen
Visiting Lecturer
Mill Valley, United States
Roy E. Bahat
Lecturer
San Francisco, United States
Karan Rajpal
Research Assistant- AI
Berkeley, United States
Rosi Arnaudova
Investor
Seattle, United States
Stu Libby
Venture Partner
United States
Christopher Spillane
Investor
Barcelona, Spain
Denny G.
Investor
San Francisco, United States
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Shawn Merani?
Shawn Merani is an angel investor based in Los Gatos, California, United States with 8 known investments on file, among them Dollar Shave Club, JumpCloud and Sapho. The sections above list the sectors, stages and firms attached to that record.
What does Shawn Merani invest in?
Listed sectors include Commerce, Consumer and SaaS; listed focus areas include AdTech, D2C, Developer Tools and Enterprise SaaS. Those tags come from the companies attached to this profile, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Shawn Merani invest at?
The known deals of Shawn Merani include Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Shawn Merani listed at?
Shawn Merani is listed as Founder at Parade Ventures. 28 other people in the database share a firm with Shawn Merani.
How do I contact Shawn Merani?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Shawn Merani. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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