Investing Profile

Sean Dempsey(149)

VCInvestor
Co-founder and Managing Director at Merus Capital
meruscap.comMenlo Park, California
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Connected to Satya Patel (Homebrew), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Arjun Arora (500 Global), and 20 other investors on Signal.

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Merus Capital Managing Director
$250K - $6.0M
$500K
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$10M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Parabola
Series BJun 2023$24M
SeedMay 2018$2M
$34M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Cristina Cordova (First Round Capital), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Mike Hennessey (NewCo), J Zac Stein (Craft Ventures), Blake Bartlett (OpenView Partners), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Ilya Sukhar (Matrix), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Saran Chari, Jon Brelig, Melissa Tan, Zack Kanter
SimiTree Healthcare Consulting
Private EquityMay 2021
Modern Health
Seed RoundJun 2018$2.4M
$170M
Co-investors: Gaurav Jain (Founder Collective), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Roger Lee (Battery Ventures), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Peter Hsing (Merus Capital), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Brian Singerman (The Founders Fund), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Marc McCabe, Zachary Hargreaves, Frederic Kerrest, Jared Leto
TerrAvion
Series AFeb 2017$10M
$10M
Arch Systems
SeedApr 2016$2M
$23M
Co-investors: Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Steven Lurie (Team Builder Ventures)
Iterable
Series AJan 2016$8M
SeedFeb 2015$1M
$340M
Co-investors: Shardul Shah (Index Ventures), Fred Wang (Trinity Ventures), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Murat Bicer (CRV (Charles River Ventures)), Anthony Soohoo (AI Fund), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Yun-Fang Juan (Brighter Capital), Dmitry Dakhnovsky
Womply
Series UnknownAug 2014$20M
Series UnknownJan 2014
$50M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Brendan Wallace (Fifth Wall Ventures), Dave McClure (Practical Venture Capital), Blake Byers (NewLimit), Adam Jackson (Cambrian Asset Management LLC), rich simoni, Don Hutchison
NextRoll
Series CApr 2014$70M
Series BJul 2012$15M
Series ASep 2008$4M
$89M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures), Todd Chaffee (IVP), Jules Maltz (IVP), Charles Moldow (Foundation Capital), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Jonah Goodhart (WGI Group), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc)
Real software solving real problems; enterprise software; algorithmic-intensive applications; AI; vertical-focused SaaS
We don't invest in consumer businesses
Co-founder and Managing Director Merus Capital2008 - Present
Board Member Asset Management GroupPresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
Co-founder and Managing Partner Merus CapitalPresent
Board Member Emi LabsPresent
Board Member ShelterluvPresent
Board Member NextRollPresent
Board Observer Censia AIPresent
Board Member TapResearchPresent
Limited Partner Advisory Committee StoryHouse VenturesPresent
Board Member WomplyPresent
Board Member AllClear IDPresent
Director, Corporate Development Microsoft CorporationPresent
Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Board Member University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Board Member Xtripe AngelsPresent
Principal, Corporate Development Google2005 - 2007
Director, Corporate Development Microsoft1998 - 2005
M&A Analyst, Technology Group Deutsche Bank1996 - 1998
Claremont McKenna College BA Economics/Environment/Politics + French