Shawn Xu
Partner at Lowercarbon Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2023 - Current
Let's unf*ck the planet. If you're working on slashing emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky, or mitigating climate disasters, I'd love to be your first believer.
Chief of Staff
2022 - 2023
Investor at Lowercarbon Capital, a multibillion dollar early stage venture fund exclusively focused on climate tech. Absorbing as much as I can from Chris Sacca, Crystal Sacca, and Clay Dumas.
Lowercarbon Capital funds research and invests in technologies that reduce CO2 in the atmosphere.
Partner
2021 - 2022
Founding Partner at On Deck's venture fund + accelerator. Invested in 150+ companies across 20+ countries. Partnered up with Erik Torenberg to build the best founder community in the world.
On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.
Investor
2019 - 2021
First senior associate hired at the firm. Mentored by Mike Maples and Ann Miura-Ko. Founder of the Anchor List. Obnoxious cheerleader for Hadrian, Emotive, Living Carbon, Popshop, and others!
Floodgate Fund is a venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments in technology companies.
Forbes 30 Under 30
2020 - 2021
Selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for the Venture Capital category.
Forbes Magazine is a business magazine that is focused on business news and financial information.
Raised $200,000,000.00 from Binance.
Managing Partner
2018 - 2019
Led investment teams in Philadelphia and San Francisco. 25+ investments made across various verticals. Learned the ropes from Josh Kopelman and Phin Barnes at First Round Capital.
Partner
2017 - 2018
Selected as an Investment Partner at the Dorm Room Fund, now a $12M+ venture fund backed by First Round Capital, Marc Andreessen, and others that invests in student-founded startups.
Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation.
Intern
2018 - 2019
Intern during business school. Explored a novel investment thesis and evaluated early stage companies at the seed, series A, and series B stages. Served as a sounding board for Talia Goldberg.
BVP Forge operates as a private equity firm that focuses on software-enabled businesses.
International Expansion
2016 - 2017
Took point on country launches at Square. Worked with an incredible team to introduce our core products to markets in Europe.
Square is a software company that designs and develops omnichannel solutions.
International Expansion
2015 - 2016
Developed the global expansion strategy for Vungle, the leading in-app video adtech platform. Launched 7 markets in East & Southeast Asia. Acquired by Blackstone for $780M.
Vungle transforms how people discover and experience apps that delivers the highest value users through engaging video ads.
Raised $25,500,000.00 from Seven Peaks Ventures, AngelPad, Crosslink Capital, Google Ventures, Aol Ventures, Webb Investment Network, Thomvest Ventures and Uncork Capital.