Investing Profile

Sean Dempsey(149)

VCInvestor
Founding Partner, Merus Capital
meruscap.comMenlo Park, California
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Connected to Satya Patel (Homebrew), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Arjun Arora (Expa), and 20 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), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), J Zac Stein (Craft Ventures), Blake Bartlett (Openview Venture Partners), Elad Gil, Cristina Cordova, Mike Hennessey, Immad Akhund, Zack Kanter, 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), Peter Hsing (Merus Capital), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Lachy Groom (LGF), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Marc McCabe, Zachary Hargreaves, Frederic Kerrest, Jared Leto
TerrAvion
Series AFeb 2017$10M
$10M
Arch Systems
SeedApr 2016$2M
$17M
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), Murat Bicer (CRV), Fred Wang (Trinity Ventures), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Yun-Fang Juan (Brighter Capital), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Dmitry Dakhnovsky, Anthony Soohoo
Womply
Series UnknownAug 2014$20M
Series UnknownJan 2014
$50M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Brendan Wallace (Fifth Wall), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Dave McClure (Practical Venture Capital), Blake Byers (Byers Capital), Don Hutchison, rich simoni, Adam Jackson
NextRoll
Series CApr 2014$70M
Series BJul 2012$15M
Series ASep 2008$4M
$89M
Co-investors: James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Todd Chaffee (IVP), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Charles Moldow (Foundation 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