# Sean Mallon

> Sean Mallon is a grant investor at Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation backing Software. See 10 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/virginia-innovation-partnership-corporation)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-mallon/0/7b8/819
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Sean_Mallon

Sean Mallon is a grant investor at Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation in Washington focused on Software and E-Learning. Sean Mallon is the VP of Commercialization at VIPC | Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation. Sean Mallon attended The Wharton School.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| E-Learning | 2 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 10% |
| AgTech | 1 | 10% |
| Drones | 1 | 10% |

25 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Publication Academy | Publication Academy is an online learning platform for professionals looking to hone their thought leadership abilities. It offers best-in-class instruction on how to publish peer-reviewed articles in influential journals, write winning grant proposals, and effectively disseminate research findings via social media, partnerships with journalists,and both policy and evidence briefs. |  | Grant | Mar 09, 2023 | https://www.publicationacademy.com/ |
| EDai | EDai operates as a platform that uses advanced analytics to help economic developers, business leaders and site selection consultants. |  | Grant | Mar 08, 2023 | https://econdev.ai/ |
| Pangea Chat | Pangea Chat offers principles of game design with advances in natural language processing to provide guided and personalised language learning within the context of conversation. Their AI-driven language learning system tracks growth in personal vocabulary and progress within specific content areas. | $75K | Grant | Mar 06, 2023 | https://www.pangeachat.com |
| Sentek Instrument | Sentek Instrument manufactures a range of fiber optic sensing solutions and sensor systems for various industries. | $75K | Grant | Jan 25, 2023 | http://sentekinstrument.com/ |
| FedScout | FedScout is a software and services company focused on the federal market. | $75K | Grant | Jan 13, 2023 | https://www.fedscout.com/ |
| Medentum Innovations | Medentum Innovations promotes health equity and transforming healthcare through affordable, high-performance point-of-care devices. | $75K | Grant | Dec 21, 2022 |  |
| Agricision | Agricision provides autonomous drone technology to offer farmers with accurate data when timing is important for disease identification. | $75K | Grant | Dec 21, 2022 | https://agricisioninc.wixsite.com/agricisioninc |
| Linebird | Linebird is a technology company that commercializes and creates automation solutions for utilities. The company is building a prototype to demonstrate that unmanned systems can bring lineman tools in contact with live transmission lines through a patent-pending process. It uses unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to make contact with live power lines.Linebird was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA. | $75K | Grant | Nov 29, 2022 | https://linebird.net |
| Polaris Semiconductor | Polaris Semiconductor is an extremely high-performance DC voltage regulators for space. | $75K | Grant | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| Sentek Instrument | Sentek Instrument manufactures a range of fiber optic sensing solutions and sensor systems for various industries. | $75K | Grant | Nov 22, 2022 | http://sentekinstrument.com/ |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## About Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation

VC Fund · Richmond, United States

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation promotes early commercialization and finance for Virginia technologies, entrepreneurs, companies, and market development projects. Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation focuses on the early commercialization and seed finance stages of innovation, assisting innovators and tech entrepreneurs inlaunching and growing new businesses, creating high-paying employment, and accelerating economic growth across the state of Virginia.

3 contacts available at Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Stolle | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-stolle |
| Joseph N. Benevento | Chief Executive Officer and President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-n-benevento |
| Sean Mallon | VP of Commercialization | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-mallon-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Sean Mallon invest in?

Sean Mallon invests primarily in Software, E-Learning and Apps startups, most often at Grant stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Sean Mallon?

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### When did Sean Mallon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sean Mallon closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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