Investing Profile

Brian Shin

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Founder and Managing Partner at VitalStage Ventures
vitalstage.comSan Francisco, California
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$500K - $2.0M
$1M
15
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
CodeAnt AI
SeedMay 2025$2M
$2.6M
Co-investors: Alice Bentinck (Entrepreneur First), Aakash Kumar (Matrix Partners India), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures), Kumar Aakash (Matrix Partners India), Tom Blomfield
Octolane AI
SeedApr 2025$3M
$3.5M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Cindy Bi (CapitalX), Kulveer Taggar
DeepNight
SeedFeb 2025$6M
$6.5M
Co-investors: Kim-Mai Cutler (Initialized Capital), Aniq Kassam (FAST — by GETTYLAB), Pete Koomen, Kulveer Taggar
Reasoner
Pre SeedJun 2023
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, David Chang, Scott Belsky
Patented.ai
Pre SeedJun 2023$5M
$9M
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), David Chang, Wayne Chang, Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, Scott Belsky
Invalidate
Pre SeedJun 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), Jennifer Lum, Scott Belsky, David Chang, Jeff Seibert
Infringements
Pre SeedJun 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), David Chang, Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, Scott Belsky
Digits
Series ANov 2019$11M
$110M
Co-investors: Gabe Greenbaum (B Capital Group), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Peter Fenton (Benchmark), Jeremy Levine (Bessemer Venture Partners), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Pat Kinsel (Polaris Partners), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Jordan Fliegel (Techstars), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Jana Messerschmidt (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Richard Jun (Bam Ventures), Brian Lee (Bam Ventures), Chloe Sladden (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Kevin Weil, Jennifer Lum, David Cancel, Adrian Aoun, Joshua Reeves, Merlin Kauffman, Ric Fulop, David Chang, Wayne Chang, Eric Wu, Jason Robins, Elad Gil, Aaron Levie