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Shervin Pishevar

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Shervin Pishevar joined Menlo Ventures as a Managing Partner in 2011 after a successful career as an entrepreneur and angel investor.

His focus is on consumer technology investments, specifically in the gaming, mobile and social web industry sectors. Shervin works closely with portfolio companies Uber, Shaker, Warby Parker and Mr. Number, and was the driving force behind Menlo’s investment in Tumblr.

During his first few months at Menlo Ventures, Shervin helped launch the Menlo Talent Fund, a $20M seed fund that invests in innovative early stage deals within a 24 to 72 hour timeframe.

Prior to joining Menlo Ventures, Shervin was the Chief Application Officer and General Manager at Mozilla Corporation. Shervin is a graduate of the University of California (BA, Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major), an author of several US patents, and has been published in JAMA and Neuroscience Letters.

Recent Milestones

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  Shervin Pishevar added a position as Cofounder at Sherpa Foundry. (2/1/13)
  Posted 3/18/13 at 5:43pm
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in BlackJet. (10/26/12)
  Posted 10/26/12 at 2:54pm via techcrunch.com
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in RockLive. (8/20/12)
  Posted 8/20/12 at 4:08pm
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in TaskRabbit. (7/23/12)
  Posted 7/23/12 at 5:08am via techcrunch.com
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in Cherry. (4/17/12)
  Posted 4/17/12 at 6:41pm via techcrunch.com
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  Shervin Pishevar added a position as Managing Director at Menlo Ventures. (6/1/11)
  Posted 6/27/11 at 7:55pm
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  Shervin Pishevar added a position as Co-Founder at 1% of Nothing. (4/1/11)
  Posted 11/10/11 at 10:24am
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in Milk. (4/1/11)
  Posted 4/26/11 at 4:09pm via techcrunch.com
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in Yobongo. (3/23/11)
  Posted 3/23/11 at 11:43am via techcrunch.com
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in GreenGoose!. (2/23/11)
  Posted 2/23/11 at 11:05pm via venturebeat.com
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  Shervin Pishevar — Invested in Klout (1/10/11)
  Posted 1/12/11 at 2:17pm via techcrunch.com
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  Shervin Pishevar added a position as Managing Director at Menlo Ventures. (1/1/11)
  Posted 7/4/11 at 11:27pm
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in Circle Inc. (1/1/11)
  Posted 4/28/11 at 10:50am via techcrunch.com
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in Votizen. (9/23/10)
  Posted 9/28/10 at 11:18pm via techcrunch.com
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in Rapportive. (8/2/10)
  Posted 8/2/10 at 5:19pm via techcrunch.com
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  Shervin Pishevar invested in Qwiki. (7/10/10)
  Posted 9/22/10 at 10:18am via partnerconnectevents.com

Investments

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Klout Lands $8.5 Million From Kleiner Perkins And Greycroft To Measure Social Influence (techcrunch.com) [edit]
1. Uber Co-Founder Garrett Camp Launches BlackJet, The “Uber For Private Jets” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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3. TaskRabbit Gets $13M From Founders Fund And Others To “Revolutionize The World’s Labor Force” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Shasta Ventures, Founders Fund Put $4.5 Million In The Uber For Carwashes, Cherry (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Milk Completes $1.5 Million Angel Round, Packed with Valley Names (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. How Do You Talk To An Angel? Use Yobongo, They’re All Investing. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Gamification company GreenGoose raises $100k on stage at Launch Conference (venturebeat.com) [edit]
8. techcrunch.com [edit]
9. Votizen Raises $1.5 Million To Make Sure Government Representatives Hear Your Voice (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Gmail Plugin Rapportive Raises Over $1 Million From Gmail Creator, Many Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. partnerconnectevents.com [edit]
12. Photographic Evidence Of Stealth Startup Tello Raising $100k (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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15. techcrunch.com [edit]
16. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
17. articles.businessinsider.com [edit]
18. Hitpost Inc. is Building the Next Generation Sports Network (markets.dispatch.com) [edit]
19. TechCrunch, SEC (crunchbase.com) [edit]
20. Xconomy (xconomy.com) [edit]
21. Thread.com Raises $1.2 Million For Facebook-Powered Matchmaking Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
22. Draper via TC [edit]
23. Mechanical Zoo Gets $6 Million To Build Aardvark Social Search Product (techcrunch.com) [edit]