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Shawn Hill

Venture Partner at Polymath Ventures

United States

Overview 

Shawn Hill is an experienced Advisor and Investor based in Mexico City, with a background in start-ups, SaaS, and strategic partnerships. Notable career highlights include serving as Managing Partner at Puente Ventures and holding various leadership roles at companies like DocuSign and Constellation Software Inc. Currently, Shawn Hill is a Venture Partner at Polymath Ventures and has a focus on investing in Series A and seed stage companies in sectors such as Real Estate/PropTech and FinTech, particularly in the Midwest region.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2021 - Current

    August Hill was created by operating partners and innovation leaders to connect the global ecosystems of startups, capital, and industry partners. We work alongside extraordinary founding teams to help them define and execute their goals to achieve accelerated success.

  • Advisor

    2024

    Advisor at the Rowan Innovation Venture Fund

  • Venture Partner

    2024

    Polymath is Latin America's premier Seed Fund and Venture Studio, built by serial entrepreneurs. We are investing in and building human-centered technology companies to empower the middle class of Latin America.

  • Independent Board Member

    2024

Super is an insurtech company that offers a subscription service for home care and repair.

Raised $79,600,000.00 from Munich Re Ventures, American Automobile Association, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, National Association of REALTORS, Aquiline Technology Growth, Moderne Ventures, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, REACH, Gaingels and Asahi Kasei.

  • Local Advisor

    2024 - 2025

    Advisor for Andromeda's Latin American expansion.

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    2021 - 2022

  • Partner

    2019 - 2021

    One of three Partners responsible for operating our accelerator (Passport), strategic partnerships with our LPs, and portfolio company operational support. Accountable for sourcing and DD for new investments. Moderne Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that targets technologies applicable in real estate, mortgage, finance, insurance, and home services.

  • Venture Partner

    2018 - 2019

  • Director

    2017 - 2018

    Moderne Ventures is an early stage venture fund that targets technologies with applicability in real estate, mortgage, finance, insurance and home services.

Immersive, seven month long programmatic experience that provides expertise, positioning, exposure, and insight to drive customer growth.

  • Director of Business Development, Real Estate

    2015 - 2017

    Responsible for building and maintaining strategic partnerships within DocuSign's Real Estate vertical. Oversee all business development opportunities across all of the major residential real estate brands both domestically and internationally. Also responsible for growing our footprint within the Property Management, Home Builders, and Multi Family segments. DocuSign empowers anyone to transact anytime, anywhere, on any device with trust and confidence. Our eSignature software and Digital Transaction Management platform enable organizations of every size, industry and geography to accelerate contracts, approvals and workflows. DocuSign keeps life and business moving forward.

DocuSign Seattle Area is a software industry.

  • General Manager, Real Estate

    2014 - 2015

    Responsible for all P&L activities within the Real Estate Division including Sales, Marketing, Development, Professional Services, and Client Support. Initiated strategic brand partner relationships with all of the major Brands including Realogy, Berkshire Hathaway, and Leading Real Estate Companies of the World. Established integration partners with major industry players across the CRM, Transaction Management, and Accounting space. Drove the Emphasys enterprise suite product road map to keep pace with industry and technology trends. Created and implemented new hire training across all divisions in Sales and Professional Services.

  • Director of Sales, Real Estate

    2010 - 2014

    Oversee sales and growth for the Real Estate Division. Established an outbound regional sales force to cover territories in the US and Canada. The division doubled its growth as result of organic and acquisitive activities becoming a leading player in the real estate software industry.

  • Senior Operations Manager

    2004 - 2008

    Responsible for managing the team leaders who oversaw wholesale lending operations for the New England and Midwest Regions.

Commercial Banking serves more than 30,000 clients, including corporations, municipalities, financial institutions and not-for-profit

  • Operations Manager

    2002 - 2004

    Responsible for all operational matters for the brokerage corporation including lead gen, commissions and reporting.

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