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Warren Shaeffer
Visiting Partner at Pear Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Warren Shaeffer is a Visiting Partner at Pear VC with a successful track record as a 3x Founder. Highlights of his career include founding Knowable and Vidme, as well as making strategic investments in companies like Dispo and Maude.
Work Experience
Visiting Partner
2024 - Current
Investing in and supporting early-stage founders.
PearX is a bootcamp for pre-seed founders
Scout
2023 - 2024
Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.
Vice President
2021 - 2024
Led initiatives across functions, including Product, Business Development, and Corporate Development.
Medium is a social publishing network that connects ideas and perspectives on topics that matter.
Raised $162,967,569.00 from Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital and Google Ventures.
Angel Track
2022 - 2022
1 of 40 people selected from 1,500+ applicants for First Round's cohort-based investing community.
First Round Angel Track is a community of operators and founders looking to develop their skills and identities as early-stage investors.
Co-founder and CEO
2018 - 2021
Acquired by Medium. Knowable invites world-class experts to create actionable audio lessons. As pioneers in the audio-first learning space, we distribute exclusive audio lessons through our proprietary platform. On Knowable you can learn about launching a startup from reddit-founder Alexis Ohanian, speaking with confidence from TED-speaker Celeste Headlee, eating healthier from NBA all-star Chris Paul, and leading with grace from record-holding astronaut Scott Kelly, among much more. Venture-backed by A16Z, Initialized Capital, First Round Capital, and Upfront Ventures.
Knowable is an e-learning provider company.
Co-founder and CEO
2014 - 2018
Acquired by Giphy. Vidme was a video platform that helped independent creators build their audience and earn revenue through tipping and memberships. Vidme was an Alexa 500 website, had over 25M monthly active users, and delivered billions of annual pageviews. Venture-backed by NEA, Upfront Ventures, SV Angel, Mucker, and others.
COO and Co-owner
2013 - 2014
Acquired by Room 214. SocialEngine is a platform for building custom community websites. Over 15,000 brands and affinity groups have already built their own social experiences using the platform. Customers include Apple, NASA, Shell, MasterCard, and EA.
Entrepreneur in Residence
2011 - 2013
MuckerLab is the operating and acceleration platform of Mucker Capital.
Associate
2008 - 2010
Investment Banking Analyst
2007 - 2008
Leveraged Finance - Tech, Media, Telecom group
J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation provides commodity risk management solutions in both the physical .