Chris Shipman

Managing Partner at Shandaken Group.

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 6 investments📅 24 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2014
VC🌍 United States
6
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Late stage
24y
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Portfolio

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Board Member
Jul 2014
Decisyon is a software company focused on accelerating the digital transformation of businesses particularly in the manufacturing sector. Decisyon offers innovative production-ready Smart Manufacturing software solutions in the Industrial IoT (Industry 4.0) marketplace. It also offers a visual low-code platform (Decisyon App Composer™) for citizen developers and non-technical users with comprehensive sets of widgets and modules to rapidly configure, deploy and modify applications to satisfy continuous changes in markets and clients’ demands. Decisyon’s App Composer platform enables businesses to streamline their manufacturing processes, reduce manual labor, and increase operational efficiency. Today, tens of thousands of users in industrial conglomerates rely on Decisyon’s production-tested applications, user-friendly features and intuitive tools to connect all of the factory’s moving parts, connecting equipment, gathering and orchestrating sensor and business data, gaining a holistic view of the factory through creation of a digital twin, and obtaining real-time insights based on advanced analytics, predicting any down time and prescribing actions to prevent it that result in smarter decisions, resulting in a more efficient and intelligent digital enterprise. Decisyon has strong partnerships with mega tech vendors in the Industrial IoT space such as Microsoft, Schneider Electric, and AWS. The company’s vertical solutions are delivering outstanding results across the globe in a diversity of manufacturing environments including CPG, Pharma, Industrial, and Renewables.
Board Observer
Oct 2010
For 20 years, Xplore has supported rural living by connecting and serving Canadians who live beyond the bigger city limits. We are continuing that legacy by using the newest technology to deliver quality high-speed Internet to rural communities. From the smallest village to growing towns and cities, from the condo to the cottage and the many spaces in between, Xplore is bringing fibre and 5G to rural life – so that more rural Canadians can connect without compromise. At Xplore, we’re all about putting our customers first. We get rural living. It’s our business – but it’s also in our blood. We’re headquartered in the small town of Woodstock, New Brunswick. Connect with us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xplore__ca/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/xplore_ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xplore.ca YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/xplore_ca Xplore est au service des gens qui ont choisi d'habiter hors des grands centres depuis 20 ans. À cet effet, nous utilisons les dernières avancées techniques pour offrir un accès Internet haute vitesse de première qualité à notre clientèle. Du plus petit village aux municipalités régionales en pleine croissance, du chalet en pleine nature jusqu'à la douillette copropriété, vous pouvez compter sur nous pour vous fournir un accès Internet 5G et par fibre optique à la hauteur de vos attentes. Nous connaissons bien les besoins de notre clientèle particulière, et nous sommes fiers de nos origines en région. D'ailleurs, notre siège social est toujours situé à Woodstock au Nouveau-Brunswick. Communiquez avec nous : Twitter.com/xplore_ca Facebook.com/xplore.ca Instagram.com/xplore__ca YouTube.com/xplore_ca
Board Member
Jan 2010
InSite Wireless Group, LLC develops, owns, and operates communications wireless infrastructure facilities primarily for the wireless and broadcast industries. Established by the founders of Mountain Union Telecom LLC, InSite Wireless Group began in December 2000 as InSite Wireless, LLC, a company focusing on the in-building segment of wireless infrastructure. The company built and launched its first DAS at the Moscone Center in San Francisco in 2001, and has developed and operates additional DAS projects in convention centers, hotels and casinos, airports, sports stadiums, and transit systems like the MBTA Boston subway system. In 2006, InSite Wireless Group was formed as the parent organization to InSite Wireless, LLC, and the tower division—InSite Towers, LLC—was created. Today InSite is one of the largest privately owned U.S. tower companies and develops, manages, owns, and operates more than 1,200 telecommunications towers and sites for wireless carriers across the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. More information on InSite’s business can be found at www.insitewireless.com.
Board Member
2007
Codero helps customers and partners thrive in the cloud. A technology enabler that facilitates the adoption and use of advanced and custom cloud solutions, Codero provides managed, dedicated, and hybrid multi-cloud services, backed by exceptional customer service. The company offers a diverse portfolio of fully managed offerings from bare metal servers within its own data centers to custom cloud and technology solutions. Codero serves over 3,500 customers worldwide. At Codero we live and foster a culture that encourages every individual to make a contribution every day to the enduring success of our company and our customers. We seek out bright, curious, engaging people. We support their growth, we nurture their careers, we promote new perspectives, and we position each of our employees to be the difference that changes the world.
Board Member and Co-Founder
May 2002
Experience · 9 entries
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Investments (5)
Founder (1)
Board (5)
2020
Shandaken Group
Managing Partner
Jan 2020
2014
Board Member
Jul 2014
Decisyon is a software company focused on accelerating the digital transformation of businesses particularly in the manufacturing sector. Decisyon offers innovative production-ready Smart Manufacturing software solutions in the Industrial IoT (Industry 4.0) marketplace. It also offers a visual low-code platform (Decisyon App Composer™) for citizen developers and non-technical users with comprehensive sets of widgets and modules to rapidly configure, deploy and modify applications to satisfy continuous changes in markets and clients’ demands. Decisyon’s App Composer platform enables businesses to streamline their manufacturing processes, reduce manual labor, and increase operational efficiency. Today, tens of thousands of users in industrial conglomerates rely on Decisyon’s production-tested applications, user-friendly features and intuitive tools to connect all of the factory’s moving parts, connecting equipment, gathering and orchestrating sensor and business data, gaining a holistic view of the factory through creation of a digital twin, and obtaining real-time insights based on advanced analytics, predicting any down time and prescribing actions to prevent it that result in smarter decisions, resulting in a more efficient and intelligent digital enterprise. Decisyon has strong partnerships with mega tech vendors in the Industrial IoT space such as Microsoft, Schneider Electric, and AWS. The company’s vertical solutions are delivering outstanding results across the globe in a diversity of manufacturing environments including CPG, Pharma, Industrial, and Renewables.
2012
Board Member
Sep 2012
Your company is getting the work done—in the field, in the factory, on the job site. Our full-suite of workforce-driven technology solutions can handle any or all HR needs, especially for the hourly workforce. We’ll help keep your company compliant, productive and profitable— effortlessly. Our automated software takes care of the complexity, so you can focus on the things that require a human touch.
2010
Board Observer
Oct 2010
For 20 years, Xplore has supported rural living by connecting and serving Canadians who live beyond the bigger city limits. We are continuing that legacy by using the newest technology to deliver quality high-speed Internet to rural communities. From the smallest village to growing towns and cities, from the condo to the cottage and the many spaces in between, Xplore is bringing fibre and 5G to rural life – so that more rural Canadians can connect without compromise. At Xplore, we’re all about putting our customers first. We get rural living. It’s our business – but it’s also in our blood. We’re headquartered in the small town of Woodstock, New Brunswick. Connect with us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xplore__ca/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/xplore_ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xplore.ca YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/xplore_ca Xplore est au service des gens qui ont choisi d'habiter hors des grands centres depuis 20 ans. À cet effet, nous utilisons les dernières avancées techniques pour offrir un accès Internet haute vitesse de première qualité à notre clientèle. Du plus petit village aux municipalités régionales en pleine croissance, du chalet en pleine nature jusqu'à la douillette copropriété, vous pouvez compter sur nous pour vous fournir un accès Internet 5G et par fibre optique à la hauteur de vos attentes. Nous connaissons bien les besoins de notre clientèle particulière, et nous sommes fiers de nos origines en région. D'ailleurs, notre siège social est toujours situé à Woodstock au Nouveau-Brunswick. Communiquez avec nous : Twitter.com/xplore_ca Facebook.com/xplore.ca Instagram.com/xplore__ca YouTube.com/xplore_ca
Board Member
Jan 2010
InSite Wireless Group, LLC develops, owns, and operates communications wireless infrastructure facilities primarily for the wireless and broadcast industries. Established by the founders of Mountain Union Telecom LLC, InSite Wireless Group began in December 2000 as InSite Wireless, LLC, a company focusing on the in-building segment of wireless infrastructure. The company built and launched its first DAS at the Moscone Center in San Francisco in 2001, and has developed and operates additional DAS projects in convention centers, hotels and casinos, airports, sports stadiums, and transit systems like the MBTA Boston subway system. In 2006, InSite Wireless Group was formed as the parent organization to InSite Wireless, LLC, and the tower division—InSite Towers, LLC—was created. Today InSite is one of the largest privately owned U.S. tower companies and develops, manages, owns, and operates more than 1,200 telecommunications towers and sites for wireless carriers across the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. More information on InSite’s business can be found at www.insitewireless.com.
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