Sean Dempsey
Founding Partner at Merus Capital
Menlo Park, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder and Managing Partner
2008 - Current
Early-stage venture capital firm - we invest in real software solving real problems
Board Member
2024
The future of frontline recruitment
Increasing Frontline Workers’ access to professional opportunities
Raised $13,000,000.00 from Khosla Ventures, PrimeSet, Merus Capital, Flexport and Lorimer Ventures.
Board Member
2018
Shelterluv exists to save the millions of dogs and cats killed every year
Raised $2,000,000.00 from StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund) and Maddie's Fund.
Board Member
2008
#1 Growth marketing platform
Board Observer
2020
AI-powered platform to help find, engage and develop talent
Board Member
2020
The new standard in research. Bringing the scale of mobile apps to the insights industry.
Raised $9,117,460.00 from Recursive Ventures.
Limited Partner Advisory Committee
2023
Early-stage venture firm for Claremont's most daring founders
StoryHouse Ventures is an investment firm that provides seed, venture, and private equity to companies.
Board Member
2014 - 2021
Helping merchants grow, protect and simplify their business (acquired)
A local commerce platform that provides apps, APIs, marketing, and financial tools for over 500,000 American businesses.
Raised $50,000,000.00 from Sageview Capital and Asset Management Ventures (AMV).
Board Member
2008 - 2019
#1 in corporate data breach response and readiness (acquired)
See AllClearID Health for new company. AllClear ID sold its breach business to Experian and is now offers identity protection services.
Raised $21,300,000.00 from Experian.
Principal, Corporate Development
2005 - 2007
Acquisitions and investments
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.