Sean West

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Principal at Saltwater Ventures | ex-Snap

Saltwater Ventures
Boston, MA · ET (UTC-5)
5+ years experience
Rhode Island School of Design
English
Investing
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Overview

5 years around startups; now investing in AI applications. Previously an operator for 8 years before investing. Led or co-led 13 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later. Most at home with venture capital and product. Cyclist - trying to do a century this year.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in AI applications
  • Questions about AI applications
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  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Courses and coaching offers

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Skills
productclimate techapplied MLventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $100k cheques into seed AI applications in India and SEA

Cheque size
$100k
Stages
Seed
Sectors
AI applications
Geographies
Global
Lead or follow
Lead
Decision time
10 business days
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Usually the first cheque in. We reply to every founder.

Boston, MA · remote OKproductapplied mlclimate tech
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Experience

  1. Principal
    Mar 2026 - Present
    Saltwater Ventures · 7 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Sit on 4 boards.
    • Led or co-led 29 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
  2. Director of Engineering
    Jul 2024 - Mar 2026
    Snap · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Cut p99 latency on the payments platform services from 660ms to 138ms.
  3. Principal Engineer
    Oct 2021 - Jul 2024
    ServiceNow · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Sit on 6 boards.

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Education

  1. Rhode Island School of Design
    BFA, Business Administration
    2016 - 2020

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