# Shawn Simpson > Shawn Simpson is a seed investor at Boutique Air (San Francisco) backing Mobile and B2B. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Boutique Air](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boutique-air) - Location: San Francisco, United States - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Jun 2012 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-simpson-4904034 Shawn Simpson is a seed investor at Boutique Air in San Francisco focused on Mobile and B2B. Shawn Simpson - CEO @ Boutique Air ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Mobile | 2 | 67% | | B2B | 1 | 33% | | SMS | 1 | 33% | | Apps | 1 | 33% | | Music | 1 | 33% | 14 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 67% | | Angel | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rockbot | Rockbot is a streaming media platform for businesses including TV, background music, mobile app, and digital signage applications. Their core applications include music, a mobile app for customer engagement, digital signage, and overhead messaging. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Oakland, California. | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 12, 2012 | | | Rockbot | Rockbot is a streaming media platform for businesses including TV, background music, mobile app, and digital signage applications. Their core applications include music, a mobile app for customer engagement, digital signage, and overhead messaging. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Oakland, California. | | Angel | May 01, 2011 | | | TextualAds | TextualAds, created by Qlique Labs, allows brands to collect fans' mobile numbers and send them SMS (text) messages about current marketing campaigns. TextualAds has robust targeting capabilities that allow messages to be sent to Mobile Fans based on age, gender, country, state, city or zip making this one of the most effective, customizablemarketing CMS on the Facebook platform.Based on the category chosen, the tab displays how expansive the marketing reach will be with each campaign.Not only can users target their audience precisely, they can also customize the tabs appearance quickly, efficiently and brand-specifically. Page descriptions, header images, custom colors, and a CSS style-sheet can be added to this app.Managing campaigns is extremely easy and includes detailed metrics for tracking purposes. Users can even export a CSV of the phone numbers submitted to their tab, helping to reengage time and time again.This is an amazing way to incentivize clientele with offers, promotions and discounts directly to the palm of their hand. It's simple, it's effective and it's truly a game-changing idea. | $650K | Seed | Dec 29, 2010 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Accelerator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Detroit Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/detroit-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Boutique Air VC Fund 1 contacts available at Boutique Air. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Shawn Simpson | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-simpson | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Warner Music Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/warner-music-group) — VC Fund - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Music Angel Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/music-angel-investors-united-states) - [Music Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/music-angel-investors) - [B2B Angel Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/b2b-angel-investors-united-states) ## FAQ ### What does Shawn Simpson invest in? Shawn Simpson invests primarily in Mobile, B2B and SMS startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 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 Shawn Simpson last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Shawn Simpson closed in Jun 2012. Shizune tracks 3 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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