Stephanie M. Shorter

Stephanie Shorter is a Partner at Practical Venture Capital, a prominent secondary venture capital firm located in the San Francisco Bay Area. She previously served as a Director at 500 Startups, expertly managing investor relations and strategic operations for a massive global portfolio encompassing over 2,000 highly diverse early-stage technology companies. In her current executive capacity, she collaborates directly with recognizable founding partners Dave McClure and Aman Verjee to execute complex secondary market transactions and acquire valuable limited partner interests. Shorter holds a doctorate degree in neuroscience, uniquely allowing her to apply advanced behavioral science principles toward evaluating prospective fund managers and optimizing complex institutional investment strategies. Her primary professional focus centers on leveraging these data-driven behavioral insights to streamline secondary venture investments and provide crucial liquidity solutions across the broader global technology and startup ecosystem.