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Shawn Kung

Founding Partner, LucidCloud

About

Shawn Kung is a founding partner at LucidCloud who specializes in formation-to-seed investments in deeply technical B2B software companies, typically backing PhD or highly technical CEOs while serving as a hands-on strategic advisor rather than a traditional passive investor. He brings direct scaling experience as a founding-team Head of Products at Aster Data Systems through its $331M exit and Head of Products at Tenable through its $3B IPO, plus has built significant deal flow through his GIT1K syndicate for senior IT leaders and 5,000+ member Founders Club community. Shawn Kung is a founding partner at LucidCloud who specializes in formation-to-seed investments in deeply technical B2B software companies, typically backing PhD or highly technical CEOs while serving as a hands-on strategic advisor rather than a traditional passive investor. He brings direct scaling experience as a founding-team Head of Products at Aster Data Systems through its $331M exit and Head of Products at Tenable through its $3B IPO, plus has built significant deal flow through his GIT1K syndicate for senior IT leaders and 5,000+ member Founders Club community.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Data
AI
Cybersecurity
Devtools
SaaS

Investment details

Avg check size$25K - $500K
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA