Joanne Shang
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Joanne Shang joined IVP in August 2021. She focuses on identifying and evaluating later-stage enterprise and consumer technology investments.
Joanne is actively involved with IVP portfolio companies Datadog (DDOG), Eightfold, Found, Glossier, The Honest Company (HNST), Jasper, NextDoor (KIND), Robinhood (HOOD), Thrive Global, Uber (UBER), and Yellowbrick.
Before joining IVP, Joanne was a member of Morgan Stanley's Global Technology Investment Banking group. At Morgan Stanley, she worked on a variety of IPO, M&A, and financing transactions across the software, consumer internet, semiconductor, and hardware sectors. Joanne also worked in digital product management at direct-to-consumer food company Daily Harvest, leading projects across user research and customer journey mapping.
Joanne graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, where she earned a B.A. with Distinction in Economics and M.S. in Management Science & Engineering with a concentration in Technology and Engineering Management.
