Shawn Fanning – Startup Investor Profile

General Info

Shawn Fanning is a California-based angel investor known for his investments in technology companies such as Spotify and Napster. His partnership and collaboration style may involve various industries and functions, as he has a background as the founder and former CTO of Napster and founder of Rupture Inc.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States of America
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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🤖 AI Activity Report

Status: low-active

AI Reasoning: Most recent verifiable investment/involvement found is Helium Systems (co-founder) with funding announced Dec 10, 2014; other startups (Rupture, Snocap, Path, Airtime) have activity around 2007-2012. No investments or startup involvement found within the past 12 months or the past several years. The last known investment activity therefore occurred more than 12 months ago, classifying as low-active.

Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.

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