Mei Shi
Technology Investor
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2020 - Current
Francisco Partners is a technology-focused investment firm with $40B of assets under management - Deep experience across all aspects of deal process including sourcing, due diligence, legal negotiation, deal execution and financing - Board member and strategic partner to management teams assisting with value creation initiatives Closed 11 new deals including 5 platform investments and 6 add-on's across application software and consumer internet - Sourced / co-led investment in Paradigm (Nov 2021): legal practice management software for SMB law firms - Co-led investment in The Weather Company (Jan 2024): leading consumer / enterprise weather software and data business - Co-led investment in Follett School Solutions (July 2021): K-12 ed tech library and resource management software business - Other board seats and investment coverage: Merative, Redsail, Plex Systems (sold to Rockwell for $2.2b), Perforce, RugsUSA
Francisco Partners is a global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses.
Raised $80,581,180.00 from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Blackstone Group.
Board Member
2024
Board Member
2021
Paradigm offers legal software solutions that help you manage, automate, and grow your firm.
Board Member
2021
Board Member
2022
Merative is an IT services company that offers products to improve decision-making and performance.
Board Member
2018 - 2020
EWC brings unique waxing experience to women and men in a setting with a modern environment.
Raised $400,000,000.00 from General Atlantic, Princeton Ventures and Brazos Private Equity Partners.
Vice President
2016 - 2020
General Atlantic is a global growth equity investment firm with $80B of assets under management I helped source, diligence and execute investments across consumer/retail, including: - Authentic Brands Group (Oct 2017): leading brand licensing company - European Wax Center (Sept 2018): leading beauty services franchise with ~700 centers - Morphe (Aug 2019): digitally-led, direct-to-consumer global beauty brand
General Atlantic is a private equity firm that provides capital and strategic support for growth companies.
MBA Operations Intern
2015 - 2015
At the time, Blue Apron was a growth-stage recipe and ingredient delivery service company delivering 3+ million meals per month I was on the Operations team and worked on initiatives to drive more efficiency in the labor planning and production process
Blue Apron is a grocery delivery service company that offers fresh, chef-designed recipes to customers.
Raised $422,500,000.00 from RJB Partners, Linda Findley, RJB Partners, RJB Partners and JANA Partners.
Associate
2011 - 2014
Silver Lake is a technology-focused investment firm with $100B of assets under management I evaluated investments in growth-stage and large cap technology companies within SaaS / software, data / information, payments / financial technology and marketing services
Fellowship Recipient
2010 - 2011
Independent post-graduate fellowship project on social entrepreneurship