# Shea Ventures

> Shea Ventures is a VC fund in Walnut backing Software and E-Commerce. See 76 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Walnut, United States
- Total investments: 76
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last fund: Jul 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/j.f.-shea-co.-inc./
- Website: http://www.jfshea.com

Shea Ventures is a VC fund in Walnut focused on Software and E-Commerce. In 1968, while the semiconductor and biotechnology industries in the San Francisco Bay Area were on the verge of carrying the world into the next technology revolution, the J.F. Shea Co. was working nearby on the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. They were in the perfect position to see and to appreciate the potential futureimpact of these emerging technologies, and to invest in them wisely.Providing venture capital and other support for promising technology companies made sense for a business that was working hard at making major infrastructure improvements in the surrounding area. It was another way to care for the communities in which they worked and to bring continued financial stability to the company as a whole.J. F. Shea Co.'s investments increased in value and provided additional capital and financial strength that allowed Shea Homes and Shea Properties to compete with public home builders and commercial developers and to acquire key assets in California and Colorado.This legacy is now led by Shea Ventures, whose activities extend across the country with early-stage investments in companies across a wide range of industries, including computer software, semiconductors, biotechnology and medical devices.Shea Ventures' sustained record of successful early stage investments in new technology provides the J.F. Shea Companies with a solid foundation for growth … and another way to care for future generations.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 21% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 9% |
| SaaS | 6 | 8% |
| Internet | 6 | 8% |
| Enterprise Software | 6 | 8% |

116 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 17 | 22% |
| Series C | 14 | 18% |
| Series A | 13 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 13% |
| Series D | 7 | 9% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 51 | 67% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edmund Shea | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edmund-shea |
| Jackeline Sanchez | Administrative Assistant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jackeline-sanchez |
| John C. Morrissey | Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-c-morrissey |
| John F. Shea | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-f-shea |
| Peter Callaghan | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-callaghan-1a50 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| INLAN | INLAN specialises in battery-free IoT solutions for industrial asset tracking and localisation via sophisticated RFID technology. | $5M | Series A | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| Capital Markets Gateway | Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) is a financial technology firm that is modernizing the equity capital markets (ECM). CMG connects investors and underwriters via a neutral platform that delivers integrated ECM data and analytics, unrivaled transparency, and workflow efficiencies. Providing a digital system of record for firm-wide deal activity, CMGhelps clients make more timely, better-informed decisions. Launched in 2017 by a team of ECM practitioners, the CMG platform is currently relied upon by nearly 100 buy side firms representing $12 trillion in AUM and 15 investment banks. | $30M | Series C | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| Full Glass Wine Co | Full Glass Wine Co. is a brand acquisition and management firm focused on rapidly acquiring Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) wine companies to build a multi-brand wine marketplace. | $14.2M | Series A | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| Stackwell | Stackwell is an early-stage fintech startup for Investors. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 03, 2022 |  |
| Capital Markets Gateway | Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) is a financial technology firm that is modernizing the equity capital markets (ECM). CMG connects investors and underwriters via a neutral platform that delivers integrated ECM data and analytics, unrivaled transparency, and workflow efficiencies. Providing a digital system of record for firm-wide deal activity, CMGhelps clients make more timely, better-informed decisions. Launched in 2017 by a team of ECM practitioners, the CMG platform is currently relied upon by nearly 100 buy side firms representing $12 trillion in AUM and 15 investment banks. |  | Series B | Jan 20, 2022 |  |
| Pacaso | Pacaso modernizes the generations-old practice of co-owning a second home, creating a marketplace that makes buying and selling easy, and adding professional management and technology to make scheduling dates and owning the home seamless and simple.Buyers considering a second home can tell Pacaso where they want to buy, how much they want tospend, and how much time they expect to spend in the house. Pacaso and its real estate agent partners will help them find the perfect home and set up a professionally managed LLC uniquely designed for co-ownership. The buyer will purchase their desired share — for example, half of the home, which will guarantee them access to the home for half the year — and Pacaso will briefly purchase the remainder of the home, before reselling the remaining portion to vetted buyers. Pacaso will manage the property, and owners will use Pacaso’s mobile app to make scheduling easy and equitable. | $75M | Series B | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| Madison Reed | Madison Reed is a beauty company revolutionizing the way women color their hair. The fast-growing startup uses technology, a proprietary ammonia-free formula, and a team of licensed colorists to deliver salon-quality hair color to homes nationwide for under $25. Headquartered in San Francisco, Madison Reed is a privately held company backed bytop-tier venture capital firms including Norwest Venture Partners, True Ventures and Maveron.Founded in 2013, Madison Reed started with a simple mission: To create a luxurious prestige hair color made with ingredients you can feel good about. Madison Reed’s conditioning formula is crafted without ammonia, parabens, resorcinol, PPD, phthalates, and gluten.The entire color and hair care line is enriched with argan oil, keratin, and ginseng root extract to protect and pamper hair. Its products can be found online, on mobile, and through select retailers including Sephora, QVC, and Ulta Beauty.It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $52M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 24, 2021 |  |
| Capital Markets Gateway | Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) is a financial technology firm that is modernizing the equity capital markets (ECM). CMG connects investors and underwriters via a neutral platform that delivers integrated ECM data and analytics, unrivaled transparency, and workflow efficiencies. Providing a digital system of record for firm-wide deal activity, CMGhelps clients make more timely, better-informed decisions. Launched in 2017 by a team of ECM practitioners, the CMG platform is currently relied upon by nearly 100 buy side firms representing $12 trillion in AUM and 15 investment banks. | $25M | Series B | Jun 25, 2020 |  |
| Hatch | At Hatch, we're dreaming up ways to help people sleep better. Our sleep products and services have helped over a million people get a good night's rest. We're on a mission to make sleep easier for everyone with innovative, all-in-one solutions for newborns through adults. | $9.8M | Series B | May 04, 2020 |  |
| Capital Markets Gateway | Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) is a financial technology firm that is modernizing the equity capital markets (ECM). CMG connects investors and underwriters via a neutral platform that delivers integrated ECM data and analytics, unrivaled transparency, and workflow efficiencies. Providing a digital system of record for firm-wide deal activity, CMGhelps clients make more timely, better-informed decisions. Launched in 2017 by a team of ECM practitioners, the CMG platform is currently relied upon by nearly 100 buy side firms representing $12 trillion in AUM and 15 investment banks. | $7.5M | Series A | Mar 13, 2019 |  |

10 of 76 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Shea Ventures invest in?

Shea Ventures invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 76 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 Shea Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Shea Ventures?

The team at Shea Ventures includes Edmund Shea (Founder), Jackeline Sanchez (Administrative Assistant) and John C. Morrissey (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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