Number of Portfolio Companies 4
Number of Exits 
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Sean Ellis is the CEO of GrowthHackers, a company that provides software and resources to help businesses drive sustainable growth.

Prior to GrowthHackers Sean was founder and CEO of Qualaroo, a tool that enables users to connect with live website visitors in order to collect insights and influence their behavior. Qualaroo was acquired in

2016.

Prior to Qualaroo, Sean was a marketing lead at Dropbox, Lookout, Xobni, LogMeIn, Uproar. Eventbrite,

And helped accelerate growth at [Socialcast] (http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/socialcast), Webs (http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/freewebs), [World Golf Tour](), Wordpress.com, and Songkick.

Currently residing in Newport Beach, California, Ellis holds a degree from the University of California.

Number of Investments 5
Sean Ellis has made 5 investments. Their latest investment was Venture Round - Digsy on Mar 28, 2016, when
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Mar 28, 2016
Digsy
No
Venture Round - Digsy
Oct 27, 2015
Connectifier
Series B - Connectifier
$6M
Jun 16, 2015
Connectifier
No
Series A - Connectifier
$4.1M
Apr 17, 2013
Bitium
Seed Round - Bitium
$2.4M
Oct 21, 2010
Unsubscribe.com
Series A - Unsubscribe.com
$2.1M
Number of Partner Investments 2
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Mar 6, 2012
CudaSign
500 Global
No
Venture Round - CudaSign
$2M
Jul 30, 2010
Recurly
500 Global
Seed Round - Recurly
$1.6M
Number of Exits 
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Sean Ellis has exits. Their most notable exits are Unsubscribe.comConnectifier, and Bitium.
  • Unsubscribe.com Unsubscribe is an online service that helps individuals get rid of unwanted mailing lists and newsletters in their email accounts.
  • Connectifier Connectifier helps recruiters discover, qualify, and connect with exceptional job candidates at roughly twice the rate of other solutions.
  • Bitium Bitium is a SaaS-based software operating system providing app management, single sign-on and analytics for cloud-based apps.
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 12
Sean Ellis is the Guest Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Additionally, Sean Ellis has had 12 past jobs including Founder and CEO at GrowthHackers.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
GrowthHackers
Founder and CEOJan 1, 20162018
CatchFree
CEOOct 2010May 2012
CatchFree
Founder and CEO20102012
Webs
Interim Marketing Executive20092010
Socialcast
Interim Marketing20092009
UC Berkeley, Haas Business School
Guest Lecturer20092009
Xobni
Interim VP MarketingJan 10, 2008Jul 10, 2008
LastPass
Vice President, MarketingApr 2003Dec 2007
Budapest Business Journal
Sales Executive19941996
New World Publishing
Sales Executive19941996
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 5
Sean Ellis holds 6 board and advisor roles including Mentor at K5 Ventures, Advisor at Kissmetrics, and Advisor at Recurly.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
CudaSign
Board Director20112013
Performable
Advisor20092011
Lookout
Marketing AdvisorFeb 2009Sep 2009
Dropbox
Marketing AdvisorJul 2008Feb 2009
Eventbrite
Marketing AdvisorJul 2008Feb 2009
Sean Ellis studied at University of California Davis.