# Jean Shia

> Jean Shia is a seed investor at Autodesk Foundation backing Venture Capital and Impact Investing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Autodesk Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autodesk-foundation)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-shia-196a101

Jean Shia is a managing director of the Autodesk Foundation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture Capital | 1 | 100% |
| Impact Investing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Delta40 | Delta40 is the venture studio that invests in African female entrepreneurs involved in energy, agriculture and mobility sectors. |  | Seed | Mar 22, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bezos Earth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bezos-earth-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ikea Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ikea-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rockefeller Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockefeller-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-global-energy-alliance-for-people-and-planet) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wilson-sonsini-goodrich-rosati) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Autodesk Foundation

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Autodesk Foundation is the first foundation to focus investment exclusively on the people and organizations using design for impact.

5 contacts available at Autodesk Foundation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Anagnost | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-anagnost |
| Dan Drake | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-drake-8373 |
| Jean Shia | Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-shia-019b |
| John Walker | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-walker-7bab |
| Lynelle Cameron | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lynelle-cameron |

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## FAQ

### What does Jean Shia invest in?

Jean Shia invests primarily in Venture Capital and Impact Investing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jean Shia last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jean Shia closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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