Investor profile
Tod Francis
Corporate VC, Venture capital & Seed Investor at Canva, Co-Founder at Shasta Ventures
Tod Francis is a Co-Founder at Shasta Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Seed Investor at Canva, whose known portfolio counts 4 companies
- Black Forest Labs
- Clove
- Upollo
- Calven
Co-Founder at Shasta Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Cloudsmith
- Impact
- Overland AI
- Deep Sentinel
- Zenno Astronautics
- Bild
- Voxel51
- Portal26
- Wisq
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and Hardware, and focus areas AI Applications, Analytics, Camera Vision and Cloud Infrastructure. Startups operating in these areas may find Tod Francis relevant.
Shasta Ventures appears in Seed, Series A and Series B rounds across its known deals.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Tod Francis matches their raise.
Colleagues
Wesley Chan
Lead Series A & Lead Series C Investor, Board Member
Jackson, United States
Jacob Mullins
Managing Director
San Francisco, United States
Issac J Roth
Venture Partner
San Francisco, United States
Tricia Zhang
Investor
United States
Jason Pressman
Managing Director
Portola Valley, United States
Antonio Rodriguez
Seed Investor
Cambridge, United States
Lee Torrens
Advisor
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Naman Gupta
Revenue Leader
Sydney, Australia
Drew Harman
Operating Partner
Aspen, United States
Sami Ede
Co-Founder & Research Lead
North Sydney, Australia
Matt Ma
Investor
Sydney, Australia
Pegah Ebrahimi
Advisor & Investor
Mountain View, United States
Luke Buccheri
Strategy
Melbourne, Australia
Markus Wagner
Investor (through m&a of kalaido.ai/remove.bg)
Palo Alto, United States
Robert Coneybeer
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Auckland, New Zealand
Frequently asked questions
Who is Tod Francis?
Tod Francis is a corporate venture investor and venture capital investor based in Menlo Park, California, United States, listed as Co-Founder at Shasta Ventures. The known portfolio of that firm counts 9 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Tod Francis personally.
What does Tod Francis invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and Hardware; listed focus areas include AI Applications, Analytics, Camera Vision and Cloud Infrastructure. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Tod Francis invest at?
Shasta Ventures appears in Seed, Series A and Series B rounds across its known deals, and Tod Francis is listed there as Co-Founder. 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 Tod Francis listed at?
Tod Francis is listed as Co-Founder at Shasta Ventures. 15 other people in the database share a firm with Tod Francis.
How do I contact Tod Francis?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Tod Francis. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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