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Shawn Ranjbaran

Principal at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

San Jose, California

Overview 

Shawn Ranjbaran is a Principal at HPE Pathfinder (CVC) in San Jose, California, with a background in cloud computing and enterprise software sales. Notable career achievements include roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Box, Inc., showcasing expertise in technical product sales and sales engineering. Ranjbaran's diverse experience includes positions at Google as a DoubleClick Account Executive and at Texas Instruments as a Technical Sales Representative, demonstrating a strong foundation in both sales and technical roles.

Work Experience 

  • Principal

    2022 - Current

    Pathfinder, HPE’s corporate venture capital arm, identifies and invests in category-leading startup companies, creates solutions combining portfolio companies’ technologies with Hewlett Packard Enterprise products, and architects joint go-to-market programs.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an edge-to-cloud company that uses comprehensive solutions to accelerate business outcomes.

Raised $1,350,000,000.00.

  • Senior Associate

    2021 - 2022

Mighty Capital is an early-growth venture capital firm that capitalizes on the growing influence of product management in corporate success.

  • Principal Technical Recruiter (for portfolio cos.)

    2020 - 2021

Human Capital is an Information Technology & Services company.

  • Investment Committee Team Member

    2017 - 2018

    Also Board Observer for Formation|8 companies, as the GP of BuildersVC was also the GP of his earlier fund, Formation|8.

  • MBA Summer Associate

    2016 - 2016

Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm that focuses on technologies for the global real estate industry.

  • Three MBA Internships in VC

    2016 - 2016

    - MBA Intern Associate at: Tiller Partners, Tech Coast Angels, and Watertower Group

  • Technical Program Manager

    2012 - 2015

Box is an online file sharing and cloud content management service offering unlimited storage, custom branding, and administrative controls.

Raised $1,458,950,000.00 from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

  • DoubleClick Account Executive

    2011 - 2012

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.

  • Technical Sales Representative

    2008 - 2011

TI Ventures operates as an investment arm of Texas Instruments Inc. specializing in early stage and startup investments. The firm prefers

  • Summer Intern - Hardware Engineering

    2007 - 2007

IBM is an IT technology and consulting firm providing computer hardware, software, infrastructure, and hosting services.

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