Investing Profile

Sean Dempsey(144)

VCInvestor
Founding Partner, Merus Capital
meruscap.comMenlo Park, California
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21 Investors

Connected to Satya Patel (Homebrew), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Arjun Arora (Expa), and 18 other investors on Signal.

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Merus Capital General Partner
$250K - $6.0M
$500K
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$10M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Parabola
Series BJun 2023$24M
SeedMay 2018$2M
$34M
Co-investors: Ilya Sukhar (Matrix), J Zac Stein (Craft Ventures), Blake Bartlett (Openview Venture Partners), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Elad Gil, Zack Kanter, Mike Hennessey, Immad Akhund, Cristina Cordova, AJ Frank, Melissa Tan, Jon Brelig, Saran Chari
SimiTree Healthcare Consulting
Private EquityMay 2021
Modern Health
Seed RoundJun 2018$2.4M
$170M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Brian Singerman (Founders Fund), Roger Lee (Battery Ventures), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Peter Hsing (Merus Capital), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Lachy Groom (LGF), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Frederic Kerrest, Marc McCabe, Jared Leto, Zachary Hargreaves
TerrAvion
Series AFeb 2017$10M
$10M
Arch Systems
SeedApr 2016$2M
$17M
Co-investors: Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Steven Lurie (Team Builder Ventures), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures)
Iterable
Series AJan 2016$8M
SeedFeb 2015$1M
$340M
Co-investors: Shardul Shah (Index Ventures), Murat Bicer (CRV), Fred Wang (Trinity Ventures), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Yun-Fang Juan (Brighter Capital), Anthony Soohoo, Dmitry Dakhnovsky
Womply
Series UnknownAug 2014$20M
Series UnknownJan 2014
$50M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Brendan Wallace (Fifth Wall), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Dave McClure (Practical Venture Capital), Blake Byers (Byers Capital), Don Hutchison, Adam Jackson, rich simoni, Charles Yim
NextRoll
Series CApr 2014$70M
Series BJul 2012$15M
Series ASep 2008$4M
$89M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Todd Chaffee (IVP), James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures), 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
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