# Michael Shehan

> Michael Shehan is a seed investor at Telly (Denver) backing Advertising and TV. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Telly](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/telly)
- Location: Denver, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeshehan
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Michael_Shehan
- Website: https://x.com/Michael_Shehan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeaDogCaptain

Michael Shehan is a seed investor at Telly in Denver focused on Advertising and TV. Mike Shehan is the CRO of Telly. He previously worked at SpotX as a CEO and Founder. Mike Shehan attended Vanderbilt University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Advertising | 3 | 50% |
| TV | 2 | 33% |
| Video | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Advertising Platforms | 2 | 33% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Swivel | PilotDesk advances ad operations by automating tedious processes, allowing humans to concentrate on strategy and creativity. | $5.8M | Series A | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Swivel | PilotDesk advances ad operations by automating tedious processes, allowing humans to concentrate on strategy and creativity. | $3.2M | Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |
| Telly | Telly offers the first Dual Screen Smart TV, is the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room. | $20M | Seed | May 15, 2023 |  |
| IRIS.TV | IRIS.TV’s mission is to connect and unify video data to power better consumer experiences and business outcomes. IRIS.TV’s video data platform is a neutral, privacy-first, cookieless solution that provides publishers, broadcasters, and Connected TV apps with secure onboarding and activation of third-party data segments. Since 2013, IRIS.TV hasenabled our partners to build scalable solutions on top of our platform including video-level contextual and brand-safe ad targeting, third-party verification, personalized video recommendations, and measurement & analytics solutions. For more information, visit www.iris.tv. | $18M | Series B | Apr 07, 2021 |  |
| Vemba | Vemba has created the first player-agnostic technology solution for video distribution, allowing publishers to integrate third-party video content and advertising within their preferred editorial process and existing video workflow. Producers maintain better control of their content with Vemba, and publishers can feature original and complementaryvideo without needing to adjust for unwieldy third-party players or advertising restrictions. With Vemba at the intersection of every transaction, both content owner and publisher receive real-time analytics on the performance of video and advertising, regardless of OVP, video player, ad server, or CDN. |  | Series A | Oct 18, 2017 |  |
| Flytedesk | Flytedesk is a full-service ad buying platform that connects brands and college students. It is is an automated ad-buying platform that aggregates all the advertising on college campuses and makes it easy to buy in a single platform. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. |  | Convertible Note | Jun 23, 2015 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AperiamVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mathcapital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ABS Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abs-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ardent Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardent-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tribeca Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tribeca-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accelerator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Telly

VC Fund · Sherman Oaks, United States

Telly offers the first Dual Screen Smart TV, is the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room.

1 contacts available at Telly.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Shehan | CRO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-shehan |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Shehan invest in?

Michael Shehan invests primarily in Advertising, TV and Video startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Michael Shehan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Shehan closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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