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Sean Gates

Scout at Sweater

Greater Chattanooga

Overview 

Sean Gates is a seasoned CTO with a background in leading technology teams at companies like eBay and Revvable, where he served as CTO and VP of Engineering. He is also an experienced investor and mentor, focusing on SMB software companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a track record of successful investments in Series B, Series A, and seed stage startups. Gates brings a wealth of experience in team leadership, strategic planning, and technology evaluation, leveraging his skills in managing managers and fostering long-term vision to drive success in his current role as a startup CTO, investor, mentor, advisor, and VC scout.

Work Experience 

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Sweater

  • Scout

    2021 - Current

    Meet Sweater — the first venture fund YOU can invest into. Until now, venture capital has been an asset class exclusively available to a select few. Sweater is transforming that. Sweater's mobile-first experience allows you direct access to the world's most exclusive asset class—Venture Capital. Sweater's mission is to empower everyone to become investors in the next generation of venture-backed startups.

Sweater is a fintech company building the first fully-managed venture capital fund that is open to everyday investors.

Raised $14,300,000.00 from Kickstart, Eli Broverman, Nick Perez, Litquidity Capital, Monsen Ventures, Aaron Wolko, Bison Venture Partners, Nate O'Brien, Jeff Cruttenden and Spacestation Investments.

sweaterventures.com
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Datateer

  • Advisor

    2020

    Helping Datateer through advising and business development. We help businesses unlock growth from the data they already possess. Ask me how!

Datateer is a software company that offers its customers a modern and managed analytics platform.

datateer.com
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Revvable

  • CTO

    2023 - 2024

  • VP of Engineering

    2023 - 2023

Revvable creates software for powersports and vehicle dealers to run and improve their businesses.

Raised $5,000,000.00 from Tiger Global Management and Bienville Capital.

revvable.com
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Rivian

  • Senior Software Engineering Manager, Engagement

    2020 - 2023

  • Principal Engineer, Commercial Growth

    2020 - 2020

Rivian is an automotive technology company that develops products and services to advance the shift to sustainable mobility.

Raised $20,928,250,000.00 from US Department of Energy.

rivian.com
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eBay

  • Staff Software Engineer

    2014 - 2020

    Seller Hub; Core Components Co-lead; Browser Policy Team; Open Source Core Team; Front End Conference Organizer; Slack Org Admin

EBay Ventures invests in disruptive companies that are revolutionizing the commerce landscape.

ebayinc.com

Stealth Startup

  • Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer

    2015 - 2018

StoryShelf

  • Co-Founder

    2011 - 2015

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Oportun

  • Manager, Front End Software Lead

    2014 - 2014

    Managed a team of highly-skilled front-end developers to create desktop and mobile (mWeb and native) applications for our core business and consumers.

Oportun is a digital banking platform that offers personal loans and financial services to people with limited credit history.

Raised $1,552,086,897.00 from Neuberger Berman, Castlelake, Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, Deutsche Bank, Castlelake, Neuberger Berman and WebBank.

oportun.com
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eBay

  • Presentation Engineer

    2012 - 2014

    Front-end development of the consumer selling tools on eBay.com.

EBay Ventures invests in disruptive companies that are revolutionizing the commerce landscape.

ebayinc.com

Sean Gates Web Developer

  • Freelancer

    2007 - 2013

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