# Jeff Shouger

> Jeff Shouger is a seed investor at Niantic (San Francisco) backing EdTech and Education. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Niantic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nianticlabs)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shouger/
- Website: https://jeff-shouger.medium.com/

Jeff Shouger is a seed investor at Niantic in San Francisco focused on EdTech and Education. Finance executive (Certified Public Accountant) with broad experience managing and developing high performing teams.Extensive experience scaling finance departments, financial planning and forecasting, treasury, driving operations and process development for private venture back as well as multinational public companies including: Zynga, GileadSciences, Intuit, Sandisk, Monogram Biosciences, Novacea, Avanex, Cell Genesys, Nektar Therapeutics and Proteolix.Deal experience covering a variety of transactions, including acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPO), debt offerings, corporate partnerships and follow-on offerings.Broad understanding of public company issues and structuring pre-IPO for transition to public company.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 50% |
| Education | 1 | 50% |
| Social Media | 1 | 50% |
| Language Learning | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EWA Learn | Ewa learn English is an innovative method of learning a language. EWA started only in 2017 and skyrocketed to the very top charts in the Apple store and Google play surpassing well funded and long ago established competitors. The success of EWA based on combining fun, deep motivation, and unique learning techniques. The platform now has iOS,Android, and Web versions with more than 40 million users globally . | $2.7M |  | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| EWA Learn | Ewa learn English is an innovative method of learning a language. EWA started only in 2017 and skyrocketed to the very top charts in the Apple store and Google play surpassing well funded and long ago established competitors. The success of EWA based on combining fun, deep motivation, and unique learning techniques. The platform now has iOS,Android, and Web versions with more than 40 million users globally . | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 22, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Day One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/day-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elysium Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysium-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Niantic

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Niantic focuses on developing games that encourage outdoor activity and social engagement. It aims to create products for movement, exploration, and face-to-face social interaction. Its notable products include Ingress and Pokémon GO.

5 contacts available at Niantic.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lucas Nealan | System Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucas-nealan |
| Mike Quiqley | CMO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-quiqley |
| Archit Bhargava | Founding Marketing Hire & Global Marketing Lead - Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Pokémon GO & Ingress | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archit-bhargava |
| Catherine Metzner | Game Designer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catherine-metzner |
| Jeff Shouger | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-shouger |

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## FAQ

### What does Jeff Shouger invest in?

Jeff Shouger invests primarily in EdTech, Education and Social Media startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jeff Shouger last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jeff Shouger closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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