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Megan Quinn

Investor at Consumer

London, England

Overview 

Megan Quinn is a highly accomplished investor and board director based in London, England, with a background in product management and marketing. She has held key roles at companies like Niantic, Inc. and Square, and has made successful investments in notable companies such as Uber and Slack. Quinn's career highlights include serving as Chief Operating Officer at Niantic, Inc., and co-founding All Raise, along with making strategic investments in companies like Uber and Slack.

Work Experience 

  • Angel Investor & Board Director

    2022 - Current

  • Board Director

    2017

    Compensation Committee

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2020 - 2022

Niantic develops reality platforms that focus on mapping and security for current and future AR hardware generations.

Raised $770,000,000.00 from ID8 Investments, Pure Imagination Brands and Coatue.

  • Board of Directors

    2017

    Lead Independent Director Chair, Compensation Committee Nominations & Governance Committee

Spotwag connects dog and cat parents with a nationwide network of pet sitter and dog walkers.

  • Board of Directors

    2016

    Audit Committee

Pendo is a product experience platform that specializes in software usage analytics and digital adoption solutions.

Raised $479,412,849.00 from Thoma Bravo.

  • Board of Directors

    2016

Handshake is a college career network that helps students and recent graduates find their next opportunity.

Raised $434,000,000.00 from Spark Capital, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Emerson Collective, Coatue, EQT Ventures, Valiant Peregrine Fund, True Ventures, Base10’s Advancement Initiative, Kleiner Perkins and Notable Capital.

  • General Partner

    2015 - 2020

    General Partner at Spark Capital, focusing on growth investments. Investments included: Clover, Glossier, Handshake, Niantic, Outreach, Pendo, Rover (ROVR), Snapchat (SNAP). Portfolio & bio: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/megan-quinn

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in the consumer, commerce, FinTech, software, frontier, and media sectors.

  • Co-Founder

    2017 - 2020

    All Raise is a non-profit focused on accelerating the success of female funders and founders in tech.

All Raise is a nonprofit on a mission to accelerate the success of female founders and funders to build a more prosperous equitable future.

Raised $15,000,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank, Sequoia Capital, Pivotal Ventures, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Reid Hoffman Foundation, Silicon Valley Bank and Pivotal Ventures.

  • Technology Advisory Board

    2016 - 2020

    Advised the bank's Board of Directors on all aspects of technology adoption.

Oversees relationships with the venture capital community and connects their portfolio companies to the right people at HSBC.

  • Investment Partner

    2012 - 2015

    Early & growth stage investor. Investments included Nextdoor (KIND), Slack (WORK), Stripe, Uber (UBER).

Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage, incubation, and growth companies.

  • Head of Product

    2011 - 2012

    Led strategy and development of the company’s products across merchant and consumer audiences. Started, scaled and managed the company's product development and consumer insights teams.

Square is a software company that designs and develops omnichannel solutions.

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