Shawn Carolan
@shawnvc
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Investing in consumer tech to make life better/faster/cheaper @Menloventures. Founder, engineer, product fanboy, dad, aspiring empath, and in ❤️ w @jencarolan
Silicon Valley
Joined March 2009
Our first broad-based consumer AI survey in the US. Leading the pack, unsurprisingly, are students with 85% AI usage (monthly), but in 2nd place are parents of kids under 18 with a whopping 79% penetration! We break down:.* What penetration has AI achieved slices by demographics.
BREAKING: Our consumer AI report just dropped 📊. 61% of US adults use AI—even nearly half of Baby Boomers, with 11% using it daily. This isn't experimentation anymore. It's habit formation at unprecedented scale. Get the complete $12B market insights: .👉
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Several good questions from @MorganLBrennan on @CNBCOvertime. Thanks for having me on and covering such a great, newly public company in @Chime. Team @MenloVentures is so happy for and proud of this team!.
.@Chime board member and @MenloVentures partner @shawnvc joined the show to talk about Chime's stellar IPO debut and the resurgence of IPOs.
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Keep the faith consumer investors, there's more work to do and the time is ripe!.
Consumer investors are a dying breed. VC funding in consumer companies plunged from ~30% of global venture dollars in 2014 to just ~6% in 2024. Yet fundamental human needs haven’t changed. Massive opportunities exist, and AI has reignited excitement to build
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RT @MenloVentures: 🎉 Huge congrats to @nikitabase and the entire @neondatabase on joining forces with @databricks! A powerful combo—bringin….
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RT @AlexHormozi: If you don’t have confidence, build evidence. If you don’t have evidence, build skill. If you don’t have skill, build di….
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RT @WhisperAero: Distribute Logistics. Save Fuel. Sustain Airpower. Today, we’re announcing Collaborative Logistics Aircraft (or CLA for s….
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Love Monarch and happy to be both a customer and investor!! I'm 8/10 until they nail automatic categorization, AI is too smart to spend my time on that.
Has anyone used Monarch Money? If so, from 0-10 (no 7 allowed), how strongly would you recommend and why? Thanks! 🙏.
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So well deserved @saxenad one of the highest integrity, hardest working, earnest CEOs and lifelong learners that I know.
ShipBob CEO & Co-Founder, Dhruv Saxena, is the @EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 US Technology Software Award winner!. Read the story behind Dhruv’s motivation to co-found ShipBob & how his leadership has driven ShipBob’s success:
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This is the first app to bring tears to my eyes.
hey 👋 I made an app!. Meet Left, a new way to visualize time . inspired by @waitbutwhy, I decided to build an app to see the time left as dots. it's completely free and now available on the App Store
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RT @CristianRus4: hey 👋 I made an app!. Meet Left, a new way to visualize time . inspired by @waitbutwhy, I decided to build an app to see….
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Joining the Menlo Fellows group is a great way to take next steps towards starting the company you've dreamed of. If you have 7+ years of operating experience and an entrepreneurial itch, check it out. Low commitment and high impact. There were 4 companies founded last year after.
📣 Big News: 2025 @ Menlo Ventures Fellowship applications are OPEN! You can apply here: The Menlo Fellowship is a 12-month program designed for business and technical leaders looking to start new companies. As a Menlo Fellow, you'll be part of our
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RT @mollydewolf: Building @getmozi with you for the last 18 months has been a joy @ev! Time to follow each other other Twitter now I guess!….
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The @Jormont1978 @Y2Kandace talent engine is working, 3 of the 45 rising stars on team @MenloVentures! Congrats and gratitude for @CCgong @deedydas @derekgxiao. 🙌 A treat to work with each of you.
Less than a year in and he’s already making moves! We love that Menlo’s @deedydas was recognized among @BusinessInsider's 45 Rising Stars in VC!. Deedy’s technical chops—early at Glean and roles at Facebook + Meta—make him a standout when spotting breakout companies and
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RT @MenloVentures: Congratulations, @michelleaguinis! We're proud to have you on our team and excited to continue building the next generat….
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Latest Menlo enterprise AI report, hot off the press!.
Breaking: @MenloVentures' latest market research: Enterprise AI spend up 6x to $13.8B, AI apps surge 8x to $4.6B, @AnthropicAI market share doubles, OpenAI drops sharply. Top verticals: Healthcare, legal, financial services. For latest data & predictions:
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