Shan Shan

Investment Manager, Private Companies

2024 - Current

I lead growth-stage investments on Baillie Gifford’s Private Companies team. At BG, we look for founders and companies who are relentlessly shaping the future of technology and overturning the status quo. The Private Companies team has over $9 billion in investments, championing pioneers such as SpaceX, Affirm, Airbnb, Wise, Databricks, Epic Games, and more. Get in touch: shan.shan@bailliegifford.com

Partner

2020 - 2024

Fortunate to have a front-row seat scaling Lightspeed Growth and building Lightspeed Gaming. I led / was involved in Lightspeed’s investments in: Board: Alloy, Tripledot, Vestwell, 1047 Games Investor: Epic Games, Rippling, Offchain Labs (Listed - ARB), 1Password, Weee!, Webull, Magic Eden, Mysten Labs (Listed - SUI), Laiye, Methodical, Believer, Gardens, One More Game, Hidden Leaf

Senior Research Analyst

2016 - 2020

Long/Short Equity - Consumer & TMT ($1.5 Billion book)

Portfolio Manager

2014 - 2016