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Mei Shi

Technology Investor

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Mei Shi is a Technology Investor based in San Francisco, California, with a background in venture capital and private equity. With a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University and experience at firms like Francisco Partners and General Atlantic, Mei has served on the boards of companies like The Weather Company and European Wax Center. Having held roles as a Principal at Francisco Partners and Vice President at General Atlantic, Mei Shi has established a strong presence in the technology investment landscape, contributing valuable insights and expertise to various companies as a board member.

Work Experience 

  • VP, Strategic Finance

    2024 - Current

Together AI is a cloud-based platform designed for constructing open-source generative AI and infrastructure for developing AI models.

Raised $228,500,000.00 from New Enterprise Associates, Soumith Chintala, Lux Capital, Prosperity7 Ventures, Greycroft, Manu Sharma, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue, Factory and Clément Delangue.

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2024 - 2024

  • Principal

    2022 - 2024

    Francisco Partners is a technology-focused investment firm with $40B of assets under management - Deep experience across all aspects of deal process including sourcing, due diligence, legal negotiation, deal execution and financing - Board member and strategic partner to management teams assisting with value creation initiatives Closed 11 new deals including 5 platform investments and 6 add-on's across application software and consumer internet - Sourced / co-led investment in Paradigm (Nov 2021): legal practice management software for SMB law firms - Sourced investment in Evite (Oct 2024): leading consumer platform for digital invitations and greeting cards - Co-led investment in The Weather Company (Jan 2024): leading consumer / enterprise weather software and data business - Co-led investment in Follett School Solutions (July 2021): K-12 ed tech library and resource management software business - Other board seats and investment coverage: Merative, Redsail, Plex Systems (sold to Rockwell for $2.2b), Perforce, RugsUSA

  • Vice President

    2020 - 2022

Francisco Partners is a global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses.

Raised $80,581,180.00 from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Blackstone Group.

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2024

Paradigm offers legal software solutions that help you manage, automate, and grow your firm.

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2020

EWC brings unique waxing experience to women and men in a setting with a modern environment.

Raised $400,000,000.00 from General Atlantic, Princeton Ventures and Brazos Private Equity Partners.

  • Vice President

    2016 - 2020

    General Atlantic is a global growth equity investment firm with $80B of assets under management I helped source, diligence and execute investments across consumer/retail, including: - Authentic Brands Group (Oct 2017): leading brand licensing company - European Wax Center (Sept 2018): leading beauty services franchise with ~700 centers - Morphe (Aug 2019): digitally-led, direct-to-consumer global beauty brand

General Atlantic is a private equity firm that provides capital and strategic support for growth companies.

  • Associate

    2011 - 2014

    Silver Lake is a technology-focused investment firm with $100B of assets under management I evaluated investments in growth-stage and large cap technology companies within SaaS / software, data / information, payments / financial technology and marketing services

  • Fellowship Recipient

    2010 - 2011

    Independent post-graduate fellowship project on social entrepreneurship

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