Shawn Merani

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Shawn Merani is the Founder and Managing Partner of Parade Ventures, a pre-seed & seed stage focused venture capital firm.

Previously, Shawn was a co-founder and partner at Flight Ventures, investing in early stage software, internet and mobile companies across a variety of sectors. He has also made select later stage investments. Shawn’s investments include Cruise Automation, Dollar Shave Club, HOOKED, Sapho, Plastiq, Madison Reed, Stance, Inkbox, Pillow, Managed by Q and more.

As an operator, Shawn was a founding partner of Liquidnet’s Private Shares marketplace, which enabled over 750 of the world’s leading asset managers to invest in high-growth, pre-IPO companies. He was able to growth the marketplace to $150MM+ GMV in the first two years. Prior to Liquidnet, Shawn was Senior Director of Business Development at ReachLocal. Shawn has a BA in Economics and a BS in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley, as well as an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Shawn enjoys spending time with his family, riding his Peloton, fantasy sports and supporting the Cal Bears.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
1
Shawn Merani has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 9, 2014, when Sapho raised $1M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Dec 9, 2014 Sapho Equity Crowdfunding $1M Apps Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Shawn Merani has 1 current jobs including Founder at Israeli Founders , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Israeli Founders Founder Detail