Shona Brown – Startup Investor Profile

Dr. Shona Brown serves as a Board Member at BridgeSpan and Chair of the Board & Member of Compensation and Leadership Development Committee at Atlassian. She also serves as a Board Member at PepsiCo. Shona Brown’s professional career includes being a Googler Emeritus at Google, where she led technology for social impact efforts and was previously responsible for People Operations and Business Operations. She has a background in management consulting, working with consumer technology companies on growth and innovation. With a diverse academic background, including a Ph.D. from Stanford University, Dr. Brown is involved in directing several non-profit organizations and has authored a book titled ‘Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos.’

Location: Boston, MA

Country: Canada

Investment Regions: EU, NA

Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

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AI Reasoning: Searches for Shona L. Brown show board and advisory roles (BridgeSpan, Atlassian, PepsiCo) and past Google executive positions, but no public records or news articles indicating she made investments in startups or led/participated in venture financings in the past. No identified startup investment or funding date was found; therefore unable to determine recent investment activity.

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.