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Shawn Cherian
Partner at Energy Impact Partners
New York, New York
Overview
Shawn Cherian is a Partner at Energy Impact Partners in New York, investing in various sectors including Security, TransportationTech, and ClimateTech/CleanTech. With a background in leading roles at companies like Swimlane and serving on multiple boards of directors, Shawn has made significant investments in companies like Coro, Oort, and NS1 at various stages of growth.
Cherian's career highlights include his current role as a Partner at Energy Impact Partners, where he focuses on investing in innovative companies, and his involvement in successful funding rounds for companies like Coro, Oort, and NS1.
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
Energy Impact Partners is a collaborative strategic investment firm that invests in energy companies.
Director, Board of Directors
2024
Swimlane is a developer of a security orchestration and response platform used to deliver security automation to organizations.
Raised $137,000,000.00 from Sun Management, Energy Impact Partners, 3Lines and Activate Capital Partners.
Director, Board of Directors
2023
Led Series C-1.
Director, Board of Directors
2022
Led Series A.
Director, Board of Directors
2021
Led Series B.
Sibros powers software-defined vehicle success with its vehicle-to-cloud platform for better software and data management.
Raised $85,500,050.00 from Global Brain Corporation.
Observer, Board of Directors
2021
Led Series D.
Corelight is a cybersecurity company specializing in network traffic analysis (NTA) solutions.
Raised $309,200,000.00 from Cisco Investments, Accel and CrowdStrike Falcon Fund.
Director, Board of Directors
2021
Led Series B.
GridX is a provider of cloud-based business operations support tools to utilities and energy suppliers.
Raised $52,500,000.00 from NGP Energy Capital Management, Moore Strategic Ventures, Energy Impact Partners and Sunfox Capital.
Director, Board of Directors
2021 - 2024
Led Series A. Acquired by Rapid7.
Noetic Cyber is a cloud continuous cyber asset management and controls platform provider.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from SentinelOne.
Director, Board of Directors
2022 - 2023
Led Series A. Acquired by Cisco.
Oort is an identity threat detection and response platform for enterprise security.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from Bain Capital Ventures, .406 Ventures, Cisco Investments, Energy Impact Partners, Argon Ventures and First Star Ventures.
Director, Board of Directors
2020 - 2023
Led Series D. Acquired by IBM.