Sean Moran

Early Stage Investor

2019 - Current

Seed investor in Protocol Labs, Equi, Allocate, Passthrough, and more. Fund investor in Haystack, Ubiquity Ventures, and more. Crypto investor since early 2013.

VP Product

2022 - 2022

Led the product and engineering teams through a period of significant transformation and downsizing, refocusing on a new strategy and roadmap

Director of Product, Startups

2022 - 2022

Head of Investor Services / Product Strategy

2015 - 2019

Served as a key executive during a period of rapid growth, scaling the company from 30 to 750 people and $0 to $75M+ in recurring revenue. Built and led the team responsible for shareholders (portfolio), cap table access and sharing, and the paid investor product that we grew from $0 to $20M ARR in two years. This required a combination of team development, general management, product management, product marketing, operations, sales, and strategic planning. Carta is on a mission to create more owners. By building the global ownership management platform, we’re changing how companies, investors, law firms, and employees manage equity. Carta is backed by K9 Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, Menlo Ventures, Meritech, Tribe Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Product

2014 - 2014

Product management and product marketing - onboarding, engagement, and risk. Circle builds payments & treasury infrastructure for the internet, including the stablecoin USDC. Founded in 2013, Circle is backed by Accel Partners, General Catalyst, and Goldman Sachs.

Associate

2012 - 2013

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a leading global venture capital firm with over $10 billion of committed capital under management. Only Associate among U.S. investment team. Sourced, supported, and assisted in completion of investments.

Senior Financial Analyst

2011 - 2012

Selected by firm founders to join fundraising team and played a key role in closing a $675 million global fund (U.S., India, Israel) and a $168 million China fund.

Financial Analyst

2010 - 2011

Hired as first Financial Analyst in firm history, responsible for portfolio company monitoring and valuations; assisted with fund planning and strategy. Hired and managed successor.

Senior Associate

2008 - 2010

Ernst & Young is one of the top three largest global professional services firms. Managed concurrent teams on financial statement audits, investment performance reports, and transaction analysis. Assumed business development role, yielding three new clients worth over $1 million in recurring revenue. Earned CPA.

Associate

2006 - 2008

Intern

2005 - 2005

Retail Salesperson, Men's Sportswear

2002 - 2004

Youngest salesperson in department history at company's flagship store