Shawn Carolan
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Shawn Carolan is a partner at Menlo Ventures, where he is an early-stage investor focused on companies serving what he calls the “utilitarian consumer,” with additional work in enterprise investments. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, then joined Open Port Technology as a developer and later became a manager of software architecture, where he wrote wire protocols in C++ and obtained a patent. After attending Stanford GSB and receiving his MBA, he joined Menlo in 2002. He has also started and run his own startup, Handle, and is known for investing early in Roku, Uber, and Chime.
Updated 8 September 2026
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