Investing Profile

Brian Shin

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Managing Partner at VitalStage Ventures

vitalstage.comSan Francisco, California

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Networks Brian is a member of

MIT Sloan School of Management Network

232 CONNECTIONS

General Catalyst Network

133 CONNECTIONS

Tufts University Network

108 CONNECTIONS

Zinook Ltd. (Nasdaq: THCG Subsidiary) Network

45 CONNECTIONS

Zinook Ltd. (Nasdaq: THCG Subsidiary) Network

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Current Investing Position

VitalStage Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $2.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

Brian Shin is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

San Francisco Bay Area Boston / New England Data Services (Seed)Data Services (Series A)Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists AI (Series A)AI (Seed)

Brian Shin's Investments On Record (17)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Autopoiesis Sciences	Pre SeedJul 2025$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Aubrie Pagano (Alpaca VC), Ally Warson (UP.Partners), Adam Grosser (UP.Partners), Sunny Kumar (GSR Ventures), Richard Lim (GSR Ventures)
CodeAnt AI	SeedMay 2025$2M	$2.6M
Co-investors: Alice Bentinck (Entrepreneur First), Kumar Aakash (Angel investor), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures), Aakash Kumar (Matrix Partners India), Tom Blomfield
DeepNight	SeedFeb 2025$6M	$6.5M
Co-investors: Kim-Mai Cutler (Initialized Capital), Pete Koomen (Y Combinator), Aniq Kassam (Stealth Capital), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Shane Neman
Octolane AI	Pre SeedMar 2024$2M	$2.5M
Co-investors: Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Cindy Bi (CapitalX), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator)
Patented.ai	Pre SeedJun 2023$5M	$9M
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), Anne Dwane (Village Global), David Chang (TBD Angels), Scott Belsky (A24), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Wayne Chang (Techstars), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Proximity Ventures), Giuseppe Stuto (Offscript), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Nicole M. Stata (Warwick Investment Group), Jeff Seibert
Infringements	Pre SeedJun 2023$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Warwick Investment Group), Neil Sirni (Proximity Ventures), Giuseppe Stuto (Offscript), 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), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), David Chang (TBD Angels), Scott Belsky (A24), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Jeff Seibert
Invalidate	Pre SeedJun 2023$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Warwick Investment Group), Neil Sirni (Proximity Ventures), Giuseppe Stuto (Offscript), 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), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), David Chang (TBD Angels), Scott Belsky (A24), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Jeff Seibert
Reasoner	Pre SeedJun 2023
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Nicole M. Stata (Warwick Investment Group), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Proximity Ventures), Giuseppe Stuto (Offscript), 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), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), Anne Dwane (Village Global), David Chang (TBD Angels), Jeff Seibert

Brian Shin's Experience

Investor ego (YC W24)Present

Investor Deepnight (YC W24)Present

Investor Plex ResearchPresent

Investor GroqPresent

Investor Autopoiesis SciencesPresent

Investor Hexo LabsPresent

Investor ReplitPresent

Investor Together AIPresent

Investor AntarisPresent

Investor PrometheusPresent

Co-founder, VP Product Zinook Ltd. (Nasdaq: THCG Subsidiary)Present

Co-founder, VP Product Creative Aspects, Inc. Present

Co-founder & President Zinook Ltd. (Nasdaq: THCG Subsidiary)Present

Co-founder & President Infraweb, Inc.Present

Consultant to the CEO Sirtris Pharma (Nasdaq: SIRT)Present

Consultant to the CEO Zinook Ltd. (Nasdaq: THCG Subsidiary)Present

Founder & CEO Visible Measures (Nasdaq: ATY)Present

Founder & CEO Zinook Ltd. (Nasdaq: THCG Subsidiary)Present

Founder and Managing Partner VitalStage VenturesPresent

Limited Partner General CatalystPresent

Partner, Investments IQTPresent

Partner, Investments IQT (In-Q-Tel)Present

Co-Founder Searchable.aiPresent

Managing Partner VitalStage VenturesPresent

Co-Founder Joinable Labs, Inc.Present

Brian Shin's Education

Tufts University Bachelor's degree Biology, General

MIT Sloan School of Management MBA Biomedical Enterprise Program

Upper St. Clair HS S.M. (on leave) Biomedical Enterprise Program

Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology S.M. (on leave), Biomedical Enterprise Program Biomedical Enterprise Program

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