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Shan M.

Entrepreneur, Investor

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2016𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
9
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8
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0
Mid stage
1
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21y
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Portfolio

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Investor
Dec 2016
Household name retailers use Bolts leading commerce platform to convert, retain, and delight more shoppers—all within the merchants existing tech stack and brand identity. Learn how it works here: https://www.bolt.com/bolt-ignite Apply to join us here: https://www.bolt.com/careers/
Investor, Board Member
Jan 2014
Xeeva is the leader in indirect spend management solutions that optimize the entire procurement process. From delivering unparalleled data quality and completeness to intelligent guided buying for managing complex procurement operations, take advantage of Xeeva’s unique combination of AI-powered technology, industry insights, and domain expertise to maximize your procurement efficiency and savings. Xeeva transforms indirect spend management with best practices around spend analytics, data enrichment, sourcing, and procure-to-pay solutions that drive better, more strategic decision-making and deliver real financial impact to the enterprise. For more information, visit www.xeeva.com.
Investor
Mar 2013
Airtable’s AI app platform is the easiest way to build custom apps that accelerate your business operations. Turn your data into AI apps, automations, and agents with our AI app builder and AI agent software — no code or technical expertise required. Your teams can move from idea to impact in minutes. Introducing Superagent: superagent.com More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, use Airtable to manage marketing campaigns, optimize product management, and streamline any workflow. The result? Faster innovation, better customer experiences, enterprise-grade governance, and a modern way to work across teams. We’re hiring! Visit airtable.com/careers to learn more.
Investor
Mar 2013
Were a global online visual communications platform on a mission to empower the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations, documents, websites, social media graphics, posters, apparel to videos, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips, anyone can take an idea and create something beautiful on Canva on any device, from anywhere in the world. Since our launch in 2013, we’ve had the crazy big goal of making design accessible to everyone. We were founded on the belief that people shouldnt need to understand complex software to unlock their creativity. We’re leveling the playing field and democratizing access to design and visual communication by empowering 100% of the world to communicate in a way that was once limited to the 1%. Weve always had a deeper mission surrounding Canva — which we talk about as our simple two-step plan: to build one of the world’s most valuable companies, and to do the most good we possibly can. Were committed to our core value of Being a Force for Good, so as the value of our company grows, so too does our ability to have a positive impact on the world.
Investor
Jun 2012
IPSY is the industry’s most powerful platform, uniting brands, creators, and hyper-engaged consumers with unprecedented access to each other. Our portfolio includes IPSY Original (our sample-size subscription), IPSY Extra (our full-size subscription), and IPSY Ultimate (our most premium full-size subscription). Powered by expert curation, product innovation, machine learning technology, and millions of member insights, we deliver highly personalized beauty experiences every month. To date, the IPSY community has generated more than 200 million product reviews, helping us make discovery smarter and more authentic. Whether you’re a beauty enthusiast or just starting your journey, IPSY is here to inspire everyone to express their unique beauty. Join us…because beauty is more fun here. Ready to join us as we empower people on their journey to self-expression and discovery? Visit our careers site to learn more about the values, culture, benefits, and more across all our brands.  https://www.ipsycorporate.com/careers
Investor
Feb 2012
Remind is a communication platform that reaches students and families where they are. We believe that relationships drive success in education, and we’re building a platform that supports learning wherever it happens. Today, the Remind platform is home to one of the largest free services in education, a school communication business that supports millions of students, and an online tutoring solution that provides help outside the classroom. Founded in 2011, Remind is backed by GSV Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Owl Ventures, and Social Capital. For more information, visit Remind.com.
Investor
Nov 2011
Buffer is an intuitive, streamlined social media management platform trusted by brands, businesses, agencies, and individuals to help drive meaningful engagement and results on social media. We have a suite of products for publishing, engagement, analytics, and team collaboration. Our products are carefully considered and highly refined in order to help social media marketers and teams work more efficiently and effectively. Buffer is a team of real people, aligned in common values. Being a Buffer customer should feel like you have a whole team of people cheering for you. We want to see you succeed on social! Sign up for Buffer today and see the difference at www.buffer.com
Investor
Jan 2011
Investor in early-stage technology companies.
Board Member
Jan 2005
Delivering technology solutions that yield immediate business results isn’t just our business; it’s what drives us to succeed every day. Established in 1998, Netlink has grown to become a global business technology services and solutions company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. With offices in 18 other locations across the globe. Our portfolio of services is a complete set of technology-enabled business tools, customized, integrated, and managed by a world-class team of technology specialists. We firmly believe that a great business solution should offer the best product and the best service that ensures that the product delivers results as expected. Today, we serve top businesses in Automobile, Supply Chain, F&B, Retail, and Media & Entertainment, and many more. We help them tackle business challenges head-on with innovative solutions, including Business Intelligence, Infrastructure Management, Application Management, and IT engagement models.
Experience · 15 entries
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Investments (9)
Founder (2)
Board (2)
2018
Partner
Jan 2018
Sudo Labs is a collective of entrepreneurs and technologists. We partner with startups and large organizations to build great products.
2016
Investor
Dec 2016
Household name retailers use Bolts leading commerce platform to convert, retain, and delight more shoppers—all within the merchants existing tech stack and brand identity. Learn how it works here: https://www.bolt.com/bolt-ignite Apply to join us here: https://www.bolt.com/careers/
2014
Co-founder
Jan 2014
SnapUp is an iPhone app that lets you shop by taking screenshots in any shopping app on your phone. SnapUp is able to automatically identify and recognize the products you save as screenshots in your iPhone’s Camera Roll, allowing you to then move those products into lists, keep track of sales and other deals, and then finally buy when the price is right.
Investor, Board Member
Jan 2014
Xeeva is the leader in indirect spend management solutions that optimize the entire procurement process. From delivering unparalleled data quality and completeness to intelligent guided buying for managing complex procurement operations, take advantage of Xeeva’s unique combination of AI-powered technology, industry insights, and domain expertise to maximize your procurement efficiency and savings. Xeeva transforms indirect spend management with best practices around spend analytics, data enrichment, sourcing, and procure-to-pay solutions that drive better, more strategic decision-making and deliver real financial impact to the enterprise. For more information, visit www.xeeva.com.
2013
Investor
Mar 2013
Airtable’s AI app platform is the easiest way to build custom apps that accelerate your business operations. Turn your data into AI apps, automations, and agents with our AI app builder and AI agent software — no code or technical expertise required. Your teams can move from idea to impact in minutes. Introducing Superagent: superagent.com More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, use Airtable to manage marketing campaigns, optimize product management, and streamline any workflow. The result? Faster innovation, better customer experiences, enterprise-grade governance, and a modern way to work across teams. We’re hiring! Visit airtable.com/careers to learn more.
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