Shawn K.

Summary

Successful Angel Investor / Advisor, Venture Partner, Entrepreneurship Lecturer at Stanford University (BUS 248), Founder of GIT100 (exclusive E/S/VP to C-level technical executives community), GIT1K and Founders Club (5000+ startup angels and founders communities on LinkedIn, Slack, and WhatsApp). Advisor and investor in software startups including: Facebook (IPO), Zuora (IPO), Bitfusion (acquired by VMware), Cohesity, LeadIQ, Moesif, Pinecone, Vectara, Motherduck, Omni Analytics, Neon Tech, Bouncer (acquired by Stripe), Ventrilo AI, Middleware, ParadeDB (YC S23), Nova AI, Fogbender (YC W22), Open Raven, Toucan (Techstars 21), Visla, CloudEagle (YC W22), Redcoat AI, and more. Moderator and creator of GIT1K and Founders Club with over 5000+ startup founders, angels/advisors, and investors to support early stage entrepreneurship. Previously a serial startup product operator with multiple exits from early stage (Aster Data - Seed to $300M exit) to growth stage (Tenable - Series B to $3B IPO). 20+ years enterprise software experience in Silicon Valley (Ariba, Oracle, NetApp). Former industry Board Chairman at UC Santa Cruz research center (Open Source Software) and VP Accelerator (Corporate Development) at Micron. Expertise: Enterprise SaaS Apps (Cybersecurity, CRM, Supply Chain), PaaS, Data Analytics and Insights, Data Platforms, Distributed Systems, Databases, APIs and Developer Tools, Data Science, User Experience and Product Design, Infrastructure Ops, Open Source Software, Edge IoT, Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics. Personal website: https://lucidcloud.wixsite.com/home