# Shawn Tsao

> Shawn Tsao is a seed investor in Cleveland backing Software and Restaurants. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Cleveland, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shawn-tsao/2a/114/936
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/shawntsao
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shawn.tsao

Shawn Tsao is a seed investor in Cleveland focused on Software and Restaurants. Shawn Tsao is the Founding Partner at Umai Hospitality Group. He Attended University of California, Berkeley.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Restaurants | 2 | 40% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| iOS | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Byte Kitchen | Byte Kitchen builds ghost kitchens that make the best dishes from the best restaurants. | $6M | Seed | Aug 16, 2022 | https://www.bytekitchen.io/ |
| Perfect Venue | Perfect Venue helps restaurants increase private event sales through our AI powered CRM & venue booking marketplace. | $3.6M | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 | https://www.perfectvenue.com |
| FoodHealth | FoodHealth is a nutrition intelligence company providing healthy food. | $200K | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2020 | https://bitewell.com/ |
| Queenly | Queenly is the dedicated marketplace and search engine for the formalwear industry. Queenly was one of the top companies that came out from the Y Combinator Winter 2021 batch, according to TechCrunch, and recently raised a Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z.com). They have now captured the largest formal dress inventory in the US bysurpassing that of Macy’s, Rent the Runway & Nordstrom, since launching less than 2 years ago. Queenly is tackling the highly underserved prom, pageant, quinceañera, and wedding industry (and more!). They cater to this massive community of dress enthusiasts for this high-priced & low-usage inventory, similar to how GOAT and StockX have built a platform for the sneaker and streetwear community. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $800K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2019 | https://queenly.com |
| Fountain | Fountain is high-volume hiring because its solutions enable customers to get ahead of their hiring goals. | $1.7M | Seed | May 18, 2015 | https://get.fountain.com/ |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The House Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-house-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1517 Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1517-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ACME Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acme-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amity Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amity-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Context Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/context-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Shawn Tsao invest in?

Shawn Tsao invests primarily in Software, Restaurants and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Shawn Tsao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shawn Tsao closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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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