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Andrew Shannon

Operating Partner at Investor

London, England

Overview

Work Experience

  • Operating Partner

    2018 - Current

    I work with venture capital funds and scaleup programs to fine-tune their operations, strategy, fundraising, expansion, and portfolio support. Second Century Ventures - Global ReTech fund scaling 'REACH' Stacks Ventures - leading bitcoin layers fund and program Conception X - Deep tech PhD based venture builder Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) - funding research spinoffs ScaleNL - supporting top Dutch scaleups to enter the US Venturerock - VC with a unique milestone-based investment approach Notion Capital - helped develop their founder support (platform) Included - launched with 13 EU VCs to increase deal/team diversity I'm also an Exec Advisor and NED to a number of incredible startup CEOs/Founders, helping them scale as a sounding board and sparring partner through hands-on 'Chairman' type roles. I'm big on brainstorming, stack ranking, and templates.

  • Partner, Head of Global

    2013 - 2018

    Grew SBC from humble beginnings to one of the most active global investors, backing 200 startup/yr. Learned the importance (and difficulty) of aligning a highly entrepreneurial team across 25 countries.

  • Investment Manager

    2012 - 2013

    UK/HK family office where I managed the private and venture investments. Learned that selling a distressed startup is indeed possible (but not easy).

  • CEO

    2012 - 2013

    Startup I ran during high growth and acquisition for Tedder FO. Learned (the hard way) external devs and tech diligence doesn't play well together.

  • Fellow

    2011 - 2012

    Ground floor in the early days of a leading seed VC. Experienced the amazing things a small team and high-profile backers can accomplish.

  • Product & Marketing

    2008 - 2010

    Scaled an internal startup of a large fixtures manufacturer. Learned InDesign can be addictive and 20 language/1000 product websites aren't easy to build (or maintain).

  • Business Development & Marketing

    2007 - 2008

    (Acquired in 2008) Led GTM for a venture backed med device (fMRI) startup. Learned neurosurgeons can be fun and not all acquisitions are what dreams are made of.

  • Operations & Business Development

    2006 - 2007

    Ran the business side (sales, marketing, ops, finance) of an award-winning digital media startup. School of scrappy hard knocks, learned not all startups are destined (or want) to be unicorns.

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